As a treat, I had arranged for a weekend away and, as expected, trains were involved. On Friday morning, my other half and I drove to Coleshill Parkway to catch a train. Nothing too special there except that the train we ere catching was number 6233, Duchess of Sutherland, which would be whisking us up…
Author: kevbaldry
Another Race
I was asked by a member of the Harriers (Nuneaton, that is) if I could compete in the Midlands Veterans League event on 18th May. The event was two thousand metres race walk and I would be competing in the M35 category. I would be competing against other athletes aged thirty five and over so…
Kingsbury
The dogs woke me up sometime around five and with my alarm set to five thirty it wasn’t worth going back to bed so I got dressed and took the puppies out for walkies. I have, recently, reverted to taking the dogs out one at a time as they are much more manageable solo. First…
I'll have a Half
That’ll be a Birmingham Half Marathon, if you don’t mind. After my longish training walk on Wednesday, I took the rest of the week fairly easy with just a few dog walks. Saturday, I took a rest day. Actually, I did do something walk related on Saturday. As I only signed up for the Great…
Work to the Boozer
I had a rest day on Monday then took the doggies out out for pre-work walks on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. At work on Tuesday, I received an email (well, actually, at work, I receive tons of emails) from the Great Run group telling me that the Great Birmingham Run would be taking place on…