Random thoughts, used to be about running
Random thoughts, used to be about running
Tadworth 10 – I felt like I should be galloping on a horse through the mist. Why, I asked myself, don’t races have theme tunes? Today I ran the Tadworth 10, a 10 mile race through rolling countryside starting at Epsom Downs Race Course. I’ve heard it called the Hell 10, definitely not for the heat as it didn’t get much above 0°c, but the hills
I’ve started the year off well. My second only parkrun, improving my time from mid-2012 by almost 8 minutes! I’m not a fast runner and I certainly wasn’t when I started but I’m really happy to see how far I’ve come. It’s not always been easy and none of it has come naturally never having been a runner up until a few years ago
My first marathon. Passing the mile 7 marker, I was starting to flag. It was not looking good.
On the 22nd June I awoke to the buzzing of the alarm. The sky was bright with a smattering of translucent cloud. It was the morning of the inaugural Hackney Half and I had agreed to be a race marshal