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  • on the subject of…..2021

    Just a brief New Years Day look back on 2021 – a game of two halves if ever there was one ! After an optimistic start, looking forward to a reprise of the WealdWay in late March, I fell into a phase of physical and mental struggle with my running by late January. Managing to Read more

  • on the subject of…..the hippy hippy shakes !!!

    For goodness sakes, I’ve got the hippy hippy shakes……… First post for ages. To begin with, it was a deliberate break as I’d posted something or other about running pretty much every week for about 7 or 8 months and felt like it needed a break. I was also waiting to see how this spring Read more

  • on the subject of…..clubs

    I love the existence and structure of the athletics club network in this country, and have been a club member almost continuously for close to forty years. I love putting on club colours and representing my club either as an individual or as part of a team, but I’m ashamed to say that I’ve rarely Read more

  • on the subject of…..Dave Bedford

    Number 1 in the “legends” series. I’ve talked previously about the different ways you can find inspiration in sport and in particular for me, in running. The heroic stories of the greats of the past in the form of biographies and autobiographies make inspirational reading. But one person who for me as a young lad Read more

  • on the subject of…..age grading

    With a Marathon PB of 2hr 05’11”, how could Mo Farah run 2hrs 39’ 48” and it be regarded as an  improvement ? Age grading – that’s how!!!   All Sir Mo has to do to regard running a 2hrs 39’48” marathon as an improvement, is to achieve it when he’s 65 years old. Unless you’ve Read more

  • WealdWay 2021 – final day

    Even though my legs were still screaming from yesterday’s efforts, it felt a lot easier getting out of bed to run again today knowing that it would be the final stretch of the run. Even better that it was just 12 miles to the finish, and with four secluded downland hamlets to pass during the Read more