Yorkshireman Half here I come

Ok it’s not til mid-September but I’ve just entered this The Yorkshireman Half Marathon organised by Keighley & Craven Athletic Club. It starts and finishes from Haworth, Bronte country. that’s an area of the country I know nothing about so why not spend a few days up there, knacker yourself, then eat cake and drink [...]

Invitational XC at Lloyd Park

Took part in the Croydon Harriers’ Invitational yesterday. The mother of all hangovers made me struggle through the 10K. Another fantastic run from James Buchanan to win for Striders. James is quite scary. He trains super hard with all his core strength coming from his boxing training. He brought along Martin, his boxing coach [...]

XC pubs

Ok so I’ve been bad at keeping this up-to-date. A lot’s happened since I last updated. I ran the Brighton 10K in mid-November in 40.21 – almost achieving my goal of breaking 40m. I WILL do this in 2008.
This year I’ve started with the 7.5m XC in Lloyd Park (heavy going), a speed session on [...]

Reigate Priory relays, 3rd November 2007

My lower leg stiffened right up the next day and didn’t ease up so I was glad I had the osteopath booked again. Again she managed to free the ankle so much that she even advised that I could run on it if I wanted to.  This time i decided to have a gentle jog [...]

Lloyd Park East Surrey XC – 27th October

I didn’t feel good on this day. I’d seen Annabelle, the osteopath, for the first time on Monday 22nd. I was very much out of alignment with a wonky pelvis, curved spine and neck. Not what a hypochondriac wants to hear. She also demonstrated how my right knee pointed inwards and that the muscles on [...]

XC Richmond Park – 13th October 2007

The first Surrey League cross country Division 2 fixture of the season took place at Richmond Park on the 13th October. Unluckily this coincided with Leeds at home to Orient which I had promised a mate I would go to. I’d also been telling all that I’d be running the XC this year so decided [...]