I decided to go up north and run the Saltwell 10k this year because it was the 100th anniversary of England’s oldest road race. It’s a pretty special race within my family after my dad won it 16 years on the trot- I thought it was 17 but looking at the program it was 16, - Read More -
The Euro Cross is always a very strong race at the front end and very competitive. Last year in Portugal I was 29th and 3rd Brit home, my aim was to build on that performance and hopefully break into the top 20 this time round. Qualifying for the event was very tough and the trial in - Read More -
Earlier in the winter I didn’t really want to focus on the Euro Cross having had a bad summer I was looking for ways to adjust my training and racing plans so that next summer didn’t go badly. However after a decent Great South Run John decided he wanted me doing Liverpool but not compromising - Read More -
Better late than never… I’d forgotton to write this race report so apologies for that. Mansfield was always pencilled in by John for me even after the Great South however the decision was to be made after doing a few runs and seeing how my legs responded and how well they recovered from the 10 - Read More -
10 miles was always going to be a real test for me having never really got my head around the longer stuff on the roads until recently. Until May this year I’d only ran 30:48 on the roads for 10k but Manchester 10k changed all that where I PB’d in 29:04. Going from 10k to - Read More -
Probably my favourite race of the year. I don’t know what it is about 6 stage day but I absolutely love this race. I think it goes back to when I was under 13 and the day my name made it onto the ‘fastest legs’ list. I was the last name to be shown on - Read More -
This weekend seen the 31st running of the Great North Run. A fantastic race and a huge event for my hometown, Newcastle. I always enjoy being around the North East whenever the race is on. A few times in the past I’ve ran on the Quayside in the 2mile/3000m event but with the new format, - Read More -
This was the target and the chance to run fast especially since last years race had so much depth in it. The plan was to be competitive in the B race and if I could do that then I knew the fast time in the low 13:30′s would come. When I arrived at the meet - Read More -
I raced the Stretford BMC Gold meet 1500m on Tuesday night. The aim of this race was to turn the legs and get some pace in them. I haven’t done any speed work what so ever so I was hoping to run even spits off my strength. Ideally I was looking to run close to - Read More -
The Blaydon Race is a race I desperately wanted to win. It’s not often a Geordie wins it, the last one was Ian Hudspith in 2009 and before that was his brother Mark Hudspith in 1997 so I really wanted to get my name on the trophy. It was a very windy evening and with - Read More -