Devil’s staircase, Sunday 23nd June, 00:15 A man drops to his hands and knees on the narrow, winding, rocky path. “Just give me a minute. I’ve got nothing left.” A woman stands over him. She is looking at a stopwatch. “You’ve got a minute, but then we need to get going. We have to get …
Skatås parkrun was a lovely introduction to parkruns outside of the UK. I’ve done a bit of parkrun tourism around Scotland – most recently at Hay Lodge – and one in England at Brueton, but never further afield. So when my other half said he needed to go to Gothenburg for a work-related trip, I …
Hay Lodge parkrun started up around 8 months ago, and is the first one in the Borders region. I’d been hoping to visit the 9th event, between Christmas and New Year, but arrived to discover it had been cancelled due to high winds. This time, thankfully, the wind was almost non-existent, and the event went …
This race had gone unexpectedly well for me in 2018. I knew this year wasn’t going to be a repeat of that, as my Footers clubmate Tracy Paterson was signed up, as was Dundee Road Runner Gillian Sangster. I’m well-matched with both of them pace-wise for 10 milers, but both of them are much faster …
On Revisiting Objectives Back in December I published my Depth Year 2019 post, which set out my goals and hopes for the year. We’re now a whole third of the way through. In February I had managed to follow some rules and achieve some goals, but not others. This post was going to follow the same …
Farewell Neneh Cherry. Racing a Half Marathon on about 2 ½ hours sleep is the best way to ensure you get a cracking PB – isn’t it? Sometimes, just sometimes, things go largely the way you want them to, and give you a nice wee confidence boost. My main running goal for this year – …
Tay Ten: Sunday 7th April 2019 at 11:00am I have to confess I wasn’t looking forward to this race quite as much as last year. Last year it was my first ten mile race and I had nothing to prove. This year I had expectations of myself, as had other people (partly because I’m daft …
Smokies 10 Mile Ladies Race often marks the start of the racing year for many women. Unless you’re into cross country or trail races, it’s one of the first road races on the calendar in this part of the country. It sells out within a couple of hours of registration opening, as several hundred women …
Back in December I published my Depth Year 2019 post, which set out my goals and hopes for the year. We’re now two months into the year, so it’s time to reflect on how it is going so far. Have I been able to achieve full or partial success in any areas, or has it …
Ian picked this Saturday for another tourist parkrun. This was largely because it was a milestone for him (his 50th) and he didn’t want to have to run around our local parkrun wearing a cape: he wanted to fly under the radar, and the kind of cape you have to wear at Parkrun isn’t the …