Something happened to me last week. I was part-way through a 2 x 2-mile tempo run when I was struck with inspiration, why not enter the Dewsbury 10k? I was running at a pace that felt comfortably hard and enjoying…
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AFTER last week’s blog debating whether or not I should return to racing if I’m not fit, all I could think about was racing. I kept remembering all the happy times I’ve had on the local running scene – the…
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I’VE always believed that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing right or not at all. Whether it’s work, running, racing or my writing, I always want to do the best that I can. But sometimes, it’s just not…
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It’s just after three o’clock in the morning, 15 hours into a 24-hour endurance race, and I’m in a tent, convinced I’m about to die. My heart is beating a million times a minute. My head feels like it will…
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I didn’t think it could get much better than Nostell Priory parkrun followed by a cup of tea and a scone, but I was wrong. The Thursday Night Fever 5k in Boston, Massachusetts was one of the best races I’ve…
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