You know what it’s like; you watch a scary film on your own and then you are unable to sleep. You think that there are monsters in your room and you worry that your house has suddenly become haunted. Well, you wouldn’t want to put your children through this torture, would you? There are some […]
Hitting the wall is something us runners are used to. Cyclists have bonking (stop it at the back) and runners have the wall. It’s that point that your energy reserves are depleted, you feel like you have nothing left, you might even be considering giving up. The challenge with the wall is to push through it. My wall this […]
Races are run everywhere nowadays. From small local 5km fun runs to multi-day ultra races in some of the worlds remotest places. My first ever organised race was the Jane Tomlinson Run For All 10k in Hull, way back in 2012 and from them on I’ve done a few races. I run for the fun […]
Last Monday was the first morning run of British Summer Time. That meant that I was bag running in the dark in the morning and it’ll be a few weeks before it’s daylight again in the mornings for me. This is not a great few weeks for me as I do enjoy it when I […]
This is not a political blog post. This is a post by a dad of 4, one of whom turns 16 this year. There’s no doubt that sixteen is a milestone age to reach. But, should we agree with the campaign to lower the voting age limit from 18 to 16? A brief history of […]
This last weekend something happened that is quite rare for me. One of my girls wanted to go running with her Daddy. I wasn’t going to miss this opportunity at all. Aside from a few cameos at Park Run and the odd time around our home town, the girls don’t really go running with me. […]
After I completed the Wakefield Hospice 10k last weekend I knew I had a problem. Not an injury, thank goodness, but the fact that my target of reaching 100 miles of running in the month of March was still some 43km away. Could I get it done? With Sunday being Mother’s Day I had already […]
After last week’s Thirsk 10 (mile) I didn’t really train that well. Maybe I was being a bit complacent that I had just PB’d at a 10-mile race and the Wakefield Hospice 10K would be easy. Spoiler Alert: It wasn’t! A hit and miss week Against my better judgement, I went out for a recovery run on Monday after […]
When 2019 rolled around I had no plans to run any races. I was happy just running with Duke rather than training for events. Then I ran the Thirsk 10 mile last week and I’m running the Wakefield Hospice 10K tomorrow. The bug has bitten again. Running with hoards of likeminded people, the sound of […]
No matter how cool calm and collected you usually are, moving day will try your patience. Of course, if you add kids into the equation, it’s only a matter of time until stress levels reach critical. Happily, there are some tactics you can use to make the whole thing a lot easier on everyone involved. […]
