On Friday, 17th May, it was the seventh anniversary of me giving up smoking. I’d been a smoker for 29 years at that point, and if you’d told me that in seven years I would have run several… more →
Rob's Running Commentarywrote 3 days ago: On Friday, 17th May, it was the seventh anniversary of me giving up smoking. I’d been a smoker … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Some weeks go to plan – if you have one, that is. I have no plans other than staying injury fr … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: A lot of runners I know take their kit and run while on holiday. And I’ve no doubt if we didn … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Happy Monday! As you will be able to tell below, and from my most recent posts, Coach Jeff and I hav … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I wrote the following thing, or piece, or article or whatever it is almost exactly a year ago and su … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes I wonder whether I’m getting any better. After all the effort, all the training, and … more →
wrote 1 month ago: 7 weeks until Keswick and counting. Positively back into my usual stride and with two, two hour slow … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This morning the cold and windy weather that has whipped across the UK since Christmas finally gave … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The cold, windy weather continued to exert its icy grip on Britain this week. But I ran in shorts an … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It was great to be running again this week, albeit with the remnants of last week’s cold still … more →
wrote 1 month ago: What a strange week it has been. I carried the momentum of week one’s success forward and started wi … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Since taking eight days off running at the end of last month I’ve adopted a new training … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The cold enveloped Sussex for another week as the sub-arctic winds continue to howl in from the east … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Blizzard conditions came to Sussex on Monday. The snow fell all day, and the bitter wind blew it int … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Well the time has come to hit the road. I will be raising funds for Autism with the goal of $10,000 … more →
wrote 2 months ago: In seven days time I will run the Eastbourne Half Marathon. Seven weeks ago, when I felt exhausted a … more →
wrote 2 months ago: So I happen to be one of those only children who decided to marry another only child. This is usuall … more →
wrote 3 months ago: As the Eastbourne Half Marathon draws closer, the training intensified this week. Not content with h … more →
wrote 3 months ago: All Great Players Are Great Athletes The most important thing you can do to improve your game is to … more →