After a three race week and a block of good solid training this has been a much quieter week with only 3 runs to log. After the White Peak Half it took a couple of easy runs to get the stiffness out of my legs (I'm fifty in six weeks so what do I expect!) However I returned to some speedwork on Wednesday with a sharpish 15 x 300m (30 sec recovery) which was a real shock to the system after a period of more steady running! The latter half of the week has been dominated by work, but tomorrow I return to the fells with my annual visit to the Wildboarclough Village Fete and the Shutlinsloe fell race which I first ran thirty years ago and which rises and falls 505m in just over 3K. So a few days off beforehand is no bad thing. Weekly mileage 14. Annual mileage 519The highlight of the week however was again not a run but a chance to relive with everyone the White Peak Half on the "Runners Round Table" http://runnersroundtable.com/ . Having only previously been in the "chatroom" for the show rather than calling in, I was rather nervous but it was great to chat to Steve, Gary, Petra, Toni and Phil again and hear how much everyone had enjoyed themselves. Hoefully there will be the opportunity to meet up again at some stage in the future, possibly the weekend of the World Wide Festival of Races in October. To register for this event and become involved go to -
It's been a glorious sunny Bank Holiday (for once) and after working in the garden I decided to relax with a glass of wine. Hearing everyone talking about PB's the other evening led to me digging out my old log books and compiling a list of my own PB's from down the years. Whilst many of the distances are familiar many runs will mean nothing to anyone but myself! So here goes -
100m - 13.5 secs 17th July 2006 Macclesfield Harriers Club Championships
200m - 25.1 secs 17th July 2006 " " " " (Club Vets record)
400m - 61.0 secs 19th June 2001 Cheshire Track & Field Relays
800m - 2.23.9 9th July 2000 MHAC Club Champs
100m - 3.20.0 MHAC track
1500m- 5.05.3 12th May 2001 Cheshire County Track & Field Championships Warrington
3000m - 10.49 MHAC track
5000m (track) - 20.28.9 July 2003 Oldham
5000m (road) - 18.58 (6.04 miling) 28th April 1999 Timperley
4 miles - 24.40 (6.10 miling) 27th May 1998 Timperley
5 miles - 32.30 3rd September 1997 Altringham
10k - 39.37 22nd August 1998 Birchwood Warrington
10 miles - 68.33 10th December 2001 Stockport
Half Marathon - 86.17 28th March 1999 Wilmslow
20 miles - 2.19.36 8th March 1998 Stafford
Marathon - 3.14 26th April 1998 London
High Jump - 1m 42 18th September 2005 Oldham (Club Vets record)
Long Jump - 4m 43 18th June 2006 MHAC track
Shutlinsloe Fell race (Crag Hall) - 22.35 25th May 1998
Kerridge Climb - 12.58 19th June 1999
Home / Bollington (figure of 8) - 24.51 8th April 2000
Macclesfield Leisure Centre 3 - 18.02 30th July 1999
Town Hall / Lyme Green / Canal / Buxton Road - 28.24 14th July 1999
The Hollins (normal)- 37.05 27th September 1999
The Hollins (reverse) - 37.50 4th April 1997
Home / Middlewood Way / Tesco / Higher Hurdsfield / Canal / MW - 29.46 10th April 1999
Town Hall / Bollington / Adelphi / Canal / Buxton road (figure of 8) - 44.09 15th Nov 2000
Cooper 12 minute endurance test - 2985m 20th February 2007
Reviewing the above I really wish it was 1999 again and not 2009! Or maybe just that I was as fit now as I was then!
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