"Langley 7 Sweeper"

One of the best ways to volunteer and get involved in a race is to be the "sweeper", the person with the responsibility to make sure every runner gets to run safely, particularly when roads are still open, and then gets the last runner over the line. The Langley 7 last Saturday was a perfect race, great weather and just under 300 runners. Although the last runner came in at around eighty minutes you really get to hear their stories as the struggle along to finish and get huge satisfaction from watching them cross the line. Sign me up for the job next year!

Week 43. Weekly mileage 24. Annual mileage 1050. Sessions 203. Races 40.

"More Paralympic Celebrations"

Another great night of paralympic celebration, this time with Craig Maclean and Anthony Kappes gold medal winners of the team sprint in london.

"An Evening with VP!"

"It’s alright guys, I’ll escort Victoria back to her car!” from last night's 2012 celebration event with Victoria Pendleton

"Heaton Park Cross Country"

"Celebrating the Paralympics 2"

 

 

Another great 2012 paralympic celebration last night, this time with cycling superstars Sarah & Barney Storey

"Sandbach 10K"

 It was once again a glorious early autumn morning for the running of one of my favourite races the Sandbach Super 6, a 10k run partly off road including the first and last mile (which was this year more like cross country with racing flats disappearing into ankle deep mud!) . As always for this one I really went full out and was more than happy with a 44.59, which although being twenty seconds slower than last year was mainly as a result of wide detours across the fields to avoid lakes and mudbaths!. I finished 40th out of 187 finishers and sixth V50.

"Sting in the Tail"

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I have just back from running the Congleton Half with the emphasis on "run" not race,and am really happy to have got a 1.43 without a watch to give me any idea of how I was doing! I also feel reasonably fresh which was what I was hoping for. Even with a steady/easy run, the near vertical climb at mile 12 (the Sting) was still painful!





Week 40. Weekly mileage 31. Annual mileage 984. Sessions 191. Races 37