The Blink Water Grotto Ravine And so I found myself back in Cape Town at the height of Summer, both Parkrun weekends SNAFUd, no races on the calendar, or none that I could get to and therefore I did what I did last time, I decided to climb the mountain. Table Mountain. This fcker. But…

I have, as you know, run my fair share of Saxon, Viking, Norman (SVN) races over the years. Looking back at the Alice in Wonderland Caucus Race (prep for Copenhagen), Punk Run (winding down from Stones), and Gothic Challenge (getting the legs working for TGC) they are useful as a way of damping down the…

I started too late. I took up running at 39 and ran my first marathon at 42. Six years later and, after a couple of months out with injury and sickness, I have had plenty of time to assess how far I’ve come (about 5 and a half thousand kilometres), where I currently am (drinking…

I do love finding new, previously unseen photos. This one from the race Flickr site.

I feel compelled to write a follow-up post on the Vienna Marathon because little or nothing has improved since the shambolic weekend in April. As you will recall there were a few issues: I had no timing chip in my race pack and therefore received no official time. Vienna Marathon therefore does not count towards…

(28 Euros for the lot)

It all went so well and I had happily recommended the Hull Marathon to my readership on the basis the race was good, well organised, on a fun route, and was amply supported and marshaled. There were good and unique features that I liked: the Humber Bridge, the running track with the 100m timed sprint…

Next up in my series on bite size reviews, the 12 marathons from UKRUNCHAT’s and South London’s very own Jenni Morris. 1: London 2014: Absolutely epic.  I loved it.  The crowds were amazing, I had a sore hand in the first half from so many high fives.  It’s an amazing atmosphere and I loved it. …

2017 (my 5th) was always going to be my greatest running year to date. I had already booked Comrades, my life A-race as I couldn’t get into the Berlin Wall 100 Miler and planned to prep with a marathon a month. Well, I say “planned” but it was more organic than that. I chose a…

This Father’s Day the original plan was to run the Shrewsbury Half, the UKRUNCHAT organised and marshalled event somewhere in the Midlands. But, after the ankle injury sustained three weeks ago I had to cancel that trip and rest up. Sleeping in a boot, exercises, pain killers and NO running at all since the London…