Posted in Marathons on Nov 26th, 2011
It was nice to have a weekend away with Gil and stay with my cousin Peter who lives in Oakham, very close to the start of the Rutland Water Marathon, an event that neither of us had run before. After doing a bit of sightseeing around the old market town of Oakham we had a nice [...]
Posted in Marathons on Oct 29th, 2011
One of my favourite cities is Liverpool and I have waited a long time for a Marathon to take place there having run the Liverpool Half in 1996. Finally, earlier this year it was announced that indeed there was to be a Marathon this year. I reckon I was one of the first people to [...]
Posted in Marathons on Oct 29th, 2011
This was the fifth in a series of charity trail Marathons along the towpath of the Lea Valley. I have taken part in every one but, sadly in 2009 I failed to finish due to getting lost and running out of time. This year the route was changed so, instead of a point to point including a [...]
Posted in Marathons on Oct 29th, 2011
They said ‘only a half, that’ll be easy for you’. Wrong! It was not easy at all, it’s a long time since I did a half so I wasn’t sure how it would go but it was an enjoyable experience. The reason I decided to do this one was because I did my very first [...]
Posted in Marathons on Apr 27th, 2011
Well, that’s another Marathon done and dusted and what a great time we had. The weather was perfect and Superman (John) Robin the Hood (Robbie) and I were in good spirits. We ran together entertaining the crowds on the way round and reached Tower Bridge in around 3hours 15 mins and succeeded in getting Denise [...]
This year I will be running the Virgin London Marathon with Superman (John Wallace) and Robbie Wilson ( ? Robin Hood). If anyone would like to sponsor us, my just giving.com site is still running (see link). We will all be carrying buckets and hoping to collect £1500 minimum. Also, if anyone can spare time to [...]
Posted in Marathons on Nov 11th, 2010
Gil and I both ran this event recently, it was actually my first official track Marathon. Obviously having run Barry 40 three times and fourteen 24 hour track races I am used to going around in circles but it has been a while since my last track race so I really enjoyed it. The weather [...]
Posted in Marathons on Oct 11th, 2010
Just had a great weekend with Gil in Leicester. Managed to visit my cousin Peter (81 years old) who has been an athletics official most of his life and now lives in Oakham, Rutland. Also had a look around Rutland Water for the first time. From there, went on to stay with friends Geoff and [...]
Posted in Marathons on Sep 24th, 2010
Gil and I set off at the crack of dawn for our journey to Hackney Marshes for the coach trip up to the start at St Margarets. Herts for the Marathon which runs down the Lea Valley and finishes close to the site of the Olympic Stadium. There is oficially a 6 hour time limit [...]
Posted in Marathons on Jul 6th, 2010
Had a great weekend in Gloucester, where we ran the Boddington Marathon on the 19th of June. Unusually I ran the first couple of laps with Gil (we were running 12 laps in total) then met Collette O’ Hagan from Dublin. We jog/walked together and crossed the line in 5-26-53, my best Marathon time since [...]