Almost Time

Tomorrow I will join 4,999 runners in the first race to cross the finish line of the London Olympic Stadium.  I’m beyond excited. The race will be started by Princess Beatrice and joined by a host of celebrities.  Most exciting of all, we will be cheered across the line by 50 Team GB Olympic Athletes. Read More …

Does my legacy look big in this?

I can write a message on the ‘number’ on the back of my Olympic Park Run t-shirt for Saturday’s run finishing in the Olympic Stadium.  What would you say?

Olympic Park Run Pack

My race pack for the Olympic Park Run arrived today! It has a pretty decent technical t-shirt with this across the back: and this smaller logo on the front. My number…

olympic parkrun route

It’s March, and that means that it is less than a month to the Olympic Park Run.  I’ve been back out training and my injury seems to be recovering well.  I ran 8km (5miles) in the spring sunshine today in 45 minutes so my target of a sub-40 minute time for the Olympic Park Run Read More …

up and down

Recovery is very rarely straight forward. It was all going so well.  I felt good after the short 2k run last week and even though my treatment on Thursday was painful at the time I felt brilliant the next day. I ran a gentle 5k on Friday and felt great. I’d spent the weekend sitting.  Read More …

Progress

If I had to give marks out of 10 for runs then it might seem odd that a 2km run at slightly faster than walking pace should get a 10… but when it’s your first run for a month after a painfully pulled gluteus medius then 10 is most definitely deserved.   (the dip in Read More …