A phenomenon in the life of the everyday runner or jogger has emerged in recent years, that most people will be aware of, and I realised recently that I’ve never even mentioned it in this blog. So somewhat overdue; hats off to parkrun ! The brainchild of founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt, parkrun started back in 2004ContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..parkrun”
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o.t.s.o…..ups & downs in the mountains
Last Thursday’s conditions in Snowdonia (see o.t.s.o…..April) had improved greatly by the time Andy and I arrived on Tuesday lunchtime. Fairly bright and pleasant as we left Pen y pas with a temperature of about 10 degrees and an expected temperature at the top of about zero. The climb up to the ridge of CribContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..ups & downs in the mountains”
o.t.s.o…..April
Although recent road runs have been beautifully decorated by the glorious roadside displays of daffodils that are an annual highlight in March, it’s now time for them to leave the stage and make way for the blue woodland carpets, courtesy of the bluebells which will make your cross country runs even more enjoyable than usualContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..April”
o.t.s.o…..the 3 Forts Challenge
I had another decent and injury free half marathon on Sunday at Paddock Wood. I’d been waiting to see if I was fit after my two recent races before taking the plunge and planning to run the Welsh 3000s end to end in one go, with Andy H as a running partner and Andrew asContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..the 3 Forts Challenge”
o.t.s.o…..March 1st
Every winter despite the actual evidence, I persist with the foolish idea that as soon as we hit the 1st March all the bad weather is behind us and it’s wall to wall sunshine for the next eight months. I wrote the short poem below a couple of days ago, when that thought was stillContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..March 1st”
o.t.s.o…..”best race” memories
I had a really enjoyable race at the weekend in the local Tunbridge Wells half marathon. It occurred to me afterwards that along with another local early spring half marathon in Paddock Wood, I’ve been lucky enough to have a couple of really great, well organised halves on my back doorstep for the best partContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..”best race” memories”
o.t.s.o…..February
You put on your brave face in January But now that we’re finally through it Looking back in the rear view mirror Is probably the best way to view it ———————————————————— But the countdown has definitely started With signs that spring’s heading our way All those extra minutes of daylight From dawn until dusk everyContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..February”
o.t.s.o…..Wealdway 1986
Soon after the event, I wrote up an account of the run, so I’ll reprint it here as I wrote it then: RUNNING THE WEALDWAY – SATURDAY AUGUST 23rd 1986 I discovered the existence of the Wealdway about a year ago and having enjoyed running the 31 mile stretch of it from Gravesend to home onContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..Wealdway 1986”
o.t.s.o…..a 37 year old FKT
What the hell is a 37 year old FKT ??? I’d only recently become aware of the concept of fastest known times (FKTs). This is essentially a way of tracking the best times run on predominantly ultra distances routes and trails, including those done outside of race or mass participation conditions. It got me wonderingContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..a 37 year old FKT”
o.t.s.o…..targets
As the dust settles on the Christmas and New Year celebrations, a reflection on another year done, and some targets to set for 2024. First things first – I’m really happy to still be in the game !!! By early May of last year I really thought my running days were all behind me. TheContinueContinue reading “o.t.s.o…..targets”
On the subject of running..... 