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The prologue: Back in January, with the status of Old Age Pensioner looming ahead of me, I decided that I’d need to mark that milestone with some sort of modest challenge. Hiking the Welsh 3000s (the recognised 15 mountains in Snowdonia that exceed 3000 feet) felt like a worthy challenge. The route that links them Read more

When the subject matter is running and you are no longer able to run, it’s probably time to shut up !!! The handful of people who’ve read some or all of my previous posts that have covered thoughts, opinions and stories from my 40+ years as an active runner, may have noticed it has all Read more

Well – first things first – happy new year ! Every day is the first day of the next 365 days of your life, so you can choose any day you like to decide what you want to do with it, but of course the 1st January always seems like the obvious moment to look Read more

I’ve been thinking about how the organising of races, and the expectations of participants and the demands made of race organisers has changed over the years.   In 1982 £1 had the buying power of £4.51 today, and it was pretty normal to pay between £1 and £3 for a race entry in those days. Read more

Today has felt like a really good day. Over the past year there have been quite a few times where I thought my running was pretty much finished, and the prospect of racing again seemed remote to say the least. The various investigations into the pain I was suffering every time I attempted to run, Read more

One of the various little habits I formed over the years was to always try to get out for a run on the 1st day of each month – a small statement of intent for the coming month. And today I did that for the first time since the 1st May last year – so Read more