I’m often asked how my marathon journey started – well here’s the story, warts and all … “Do you want any help with your bag Andrew”, one of my workmates asked as I stood, bent over the railings, halfway up the metal staircase. “I’ll be fine thanks” I replied as I continued my slow, painful progress … Read more
A beautiful March day and with the Brighton Marathon only 3 weeks away, what better than to drive down to East Sussex for a run across the Downs. The start point was Ripe church and then a run cross the turf fields towards Chalvington before joining the country lane that leads towards the A27. After … Read more
Another day, another County – I’ve moved to Cornwall now for some amazing runs along the estuary. This is the view from the cottage just before setting out. I ran up to Pendennis Head and then back along the beeches before crossing the estuary at Penryn and then running along the coastline through Flushing and … Read more
A fantastic couple of days training down here in South Devon. It’s been quite slippery under foot because of all the rain and yesterday I managed to get caught in a hale storm as I was running out of Salcombe (check out the rainbow picture!). Every thing was put right today though – beautiful weather … Read more