One for Marty Ewers here, the 2014 RACE BLING REVIEW!… This year was to be my challenge year. I started running in May 2012 and ended with an addiction and 10 medals. In 2013, with 13 DNSs I ran 21. My aim for 2014 was to run as many races as the previous two years…
Category: race bling
Race Review: Recap Poppy Half Marathon, Bexhill-on-Sea
This weekend I ran my 30th race of the year, the Poppy Half Marathon in Bexhill on sea, a race that forced me to answer a lot of questions. First, do I run it? I was exhausted from a terrible night’s sleep and had my mum visiting that evening, and didn’t want to ruin her visit,…
Race Review: National Lottery Anniversary Run
This weekend I took part in the National Lottery Anniversary run, billed as a Run to the Park, or the return to the Olympic park. I think last year was the Run to the Stadium but, given there are hundreds of workmen on scaffolding doing something there (to make it West Ham’s new home ground),…
Race Review: Hackney Half Marathon
The Hackney Half Marathon This weekend saw the 10th race in my 20 for Pancreatic Cancer UK in 6 Months; a challenge, let me tell you, that I am relishing. The plan was for a TWOFER, 2 races, 2 medals, 1 day. I was going to run the London City Mile at 12:15 after the Hackney…
Race Review: St Albans Half Marathon
Those who know me will know that I spent much of last week psyching myself out about the St Albans half marathon. I had sore legs from the previous 6 weeks of racing and ropey guts and on top of that MP3 players were BANNED, not just advised against with the waiver that it is…
Race Review: ING Luxembourg Night Half Marathon
This weekend I ran the ING Luxembourg Night Half Marathon and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. I have tried to catch up with myself and run the DNS list from 2013 and this was the first that didn’t clash with a new race for 2014. The 2013 DNS List Hadleigh Castle Legacy Run 10K (26th Jan)…
Race Review: BUPA London 10K
There will be a couple of posts this week, as I have been a little bit lazy writing the race reviews. The reason? I have been the opposite of lazy regarding the running. I raced 5 times in 26 days in May: Watford Half Marathon London Spring 10K Missing People Clapham 10K BUPA London…
Race Review: Watford 10K
THE WATFORD 10K Race Review… This weekend saw my fourth race for Pancreatic Cancer Uk, and the first of 5 in 26 days in May, and 40th since taking up running May 2012. It was the Watford 10K, and took me to Watford in NW London for the first time in my life. Despite tube strikes recently I took the…
27/07/2013
Running on a Saturday? Whatever next! Or…The Orange Appeal for Osteoporosis 10K Greenwich Park Race Review The lack of training for the Berlin Marathon (in 9 weeks) has forced me take a new direction and register for a lot of back to back races. I now have 3 in 3 weeks (all 10s) to get me up…
11/08/2013
The third race in three weeks or…Finally on that Road Movie to Berlin or…Yes! We have no bananas! “Yes! We Have No Bananas” is the title of a novelty song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn from the 1922 Broadway revue Make It Snappy. Sung byEddie Cantor in the revue, the song became a major hit in 1923 (placing No. 1 for five weeks)[1] when it…
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