Wales Day 1

So I've taken a trip to Wales to recce out the Ironman course - the build up was awful, the weather has looked to be absolutely terrible and even on the drive in it's been pretty awful.

However...

Up The Odda - 6th Place

Last minute into the Up The Odda race after a couple from Lakers pulled out.

It's a bloody tough course. Like insanely tough. 10k over 2 loops with the end hill being an absolutely brutal 40% gradient with 3 stiles.

As I said, tough!

Leicester Victoria Parkrun

Back in Leicester this weekend and decided to do the Leicester Victoria Parkrun this time rather than my 'local' Braunstone Parkrun which is now a pretty awful course since it's been changed...

Manchester Marathon - Sub 3 Hours and GFA!

Where to start? To sub 3 a marathon has to be the aim of most semi-serious runners, and I've finally, finally done it!

3 Lakers ventured to Manchester today: myself, Rikki and Paul. Out of the 3 of us, I'm the only one of us to have ever ran a marathon before so I basically was the only one who had any idea what I was letting myself in for!

Bramley Falls Tag Team Race 2018

Me and Abbie paired up for the Bramley Falls Tag race today - 4 5k laps, 2 a piece across muddy trails.

Happy New Year (Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016)!

I haven't posted much here lately, what with my knee issues and hip pain and because, well, it's Winter and there's not much to share!

Like last year I've learned some important lessons, namely that trying to do 4 big races in 4 months just doesn't work. I've had moderate success this year position wise having come 2nd place in the Ladybower 20. And of course there's the fact that I completed my first Ironman in Bolton, UK with a time of 14:18:45; it might not have been the time I was hoping for, but it was faster than the time I was expecting.

Ladybower 50/20

So I was supposed to be doing the Ladybower 50 ultra, a 50 mile run around Ladybower, Howden and Derwent reservoirs. This didn't happen.