Last Sunday Fi and I (plus one sibling and some friends) embarked upon what was quite possibly the most poorly organised, would-be cross country (though unadvertised as such) twenty miler we’d done. At the same time, however, it was also one of the most beautiful. It’s not a long tale, but it’s worth sharing with the gang, I think.
Category: News
Races and places
Brighton Marathon 2012 – Breast Cancer Care a few places left anyone up for it follow the link. Sign up before 27th February to secure your place and quote BCCFEB for your chance to win a pair of Oakley sunglasses worth £80! Read more
(Member blog post) Park Run
Martin and I have just started doing the Park Run every Saturday morning (9am) at Bushy Park. It’s a fantastically well organised free 5km run, where you are times and all your performances are recorded so you can track your progress.
Park Run events are held across the UK including ones in Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Greenwich Park and Brockwell park.
Upcoming events
Hi all,
Looking for some keen runners to join me in any of these up & coming events:
Get into the festive spirit with a 6k run in a santa suit – Sat 3rd Dec:
http://www.disabilitysnowsport.org.uk/events/santa-run-2011 Read more
(Member blog post) Athens Marathon 13th November 2011
It’s now a week and a day since I ran my second Athens Marathon and here are my thoughts and memories, a recap of what happened in the built up to the race as well as during it.
I did all my long runs, I ticked all the boxes but by Monday night on the week of the marathon I got hit by the dreaded sore throat that by Wednesday had developed into a full blown cold. I was frustrated and sad and could not picture myself taking part in this beautiful event. What a shame… Read more
Mumbai Marathon 15 Jan 2012 anyone?
Sightsavers are an international charity with a spare place in the Mumbai Marathon on 15 Jan 2012 and Skywards miles to offer a runner and their friend or partner free flights to Mumbai. They are running a free prize draw in November targeting people already training for a marathon and fit enough to take part. The URL to link is: http://www.sightsavers.org/RunMumbai
If you have any questions about the competition or suggestions on how to promote it further please contact Beth Gardner bgardner@sightsavers.org
Survival of the fittest 10k – last call!?!
Hi all,
Anyone interested in doing the ”survival of the fittest” 10k next Saturday? Its at Battersea power station and has a lot of challenges, so not your usual 10k jog!
http://www.mhsurvival.co.uk/page31.asp
I have a promo code if you’re interested! Only one start time-slot remaining so be quick!
Cheers
Fiona
(Member blog post) Survival of the fittest & Budapest almost-marathon!
Hi all,
I may have sneakily (& rather naughtily) run the Budapest 30km section of the marathon a few weeks ago! Read more
(Member blog post) Windsor Half Marathon 2011
I’ve run the Windsor Half a few times now, drawn into it as there’s an inter-company challenge race for the Construction Industry. I threw in a speculative entry in February and forgot about it
(Member blog post) Rat Race 2011
Date: Sunday 25th September
Time: 9-5pm, 8am rendezvous
Location: London (Tower Bridge, Isle of Dogs, Canary Wharf, Arsenal, Stoke Newington, St John’s Wood, Mile End and Kennington)
One a rather pleasant late September morning myself, Fiona and her friend also handily called Fiona(meaming I only had to shout one name for the two of them to respond) embarked on cycle tour of London with varous challenges along the way. Over the course of the day we covered 11.2km on foot, 53km on bike, 1km in a kayak and a 20m swim! – why you may ask? Because it is fun and we got to do things that you can’t do otherwise. Read more
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