Posted in Miscellaneous 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 Miscellaneous on Nov 11th, 2011
Anyone wishing to sponsor me or make a donation to A.I.M. can now do it by text. Text to 70070 my code is PAMS48. You can donate anything from £1 upwards. Many thanks.
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 29th, 2011
I love this 8 day race having been twice before so, when I heard that chum William Sichel was running, crewed by my Scottish mate Alan Young I couldn’t resist it for one last time. The race starts on the 12th of November but, unfortunately, due to Royal British Standard Bearers duties, I am unable [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous 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 Miscellaneous 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 Miscellaneous 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 Miscellaneous on Aug 25th, 2011
Well, those of you who know me will realise by now that I love a challenge or something a bit different so when I heard about a night 12 hour race across the Humber Bridge I couln’t resist it. So last weekend together with my good friend Elaine Oddie we motored up to Hull for the first [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jul 21st, 2011
In 2010 I helped out at this race with Alan Young. We did the well stocked food table between us, Alan doing the night shift and me the day shift. It appeared to be a well organised event so, as I have never attempted a 48 hour race (I have done 24 hours 15 times) [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jun 18th, 2011
Last year, with my friend Alan Young, I helped out at the Cologne event, providing the competitors with a wide variety of goodies from the food table. I did the day shift and Alan took care of the nightime. I was so impressed with the event that I asked Wolfgang, the organiser, if I could [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous 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 [...]