After yesterday’s marathon walk (literally) there was a little stiffness in the legs as I set off for a 3 mile run around Shustoke. I was here last week and did a lap one way, turned around and ran back. Today, I was a little more imaginative and ran past the main lake, the fishing…

Rest / Cross Training instructs my training schedule for today. Does walking count as cross training ? Anyway, I’d decided to walk, from home, to meet the other half from work – in Wolverhampton. Checking the maps, I devised a route which utilises the extensive canal network here around Birmingham. A 3 mile walk from…

Rest day today so no running or walking to report. However, on arrival at work, I was informed that I’d had a some packages delivered. The first was a letter, containing my little parkrun barcode tags. For those unacquainted with parkrun, let me explain. Parkrun organise free, timed, 5km events, around the world, every Saturday…

I know – it’s only November and I’ve used the C word !!! A chap I used to work with has put a post on facebook inviting people to read his story and donate to the British Heart Foundation. My friend, let’s call him Dave, mainly because that’s his name, has this to say ……

After a few hiccups trying to re-register with my old running club, The Centurion Running Club, I have just received an email, from England Athletics (EA), informing me that I am now registered with them. I’m a proper runner again ! Registration, which can only be done through a running club, means, apart from other…