I went to support a fellow runner in the Richmond running Festival 2016 10k. It starts in Kew Gardens (Free Entry to spectators!!) and finishes in Old Deer Park near Richmond Town Centre…it’s where one of the parkruns are. the route winds through Kew Gardens (very scenic) and down the Thames Towpath (very scenic). Similarly…
Richmond Marathon: September 18th, 2016 (info) Should I or shouldn’t I? The UK’s most picturesque City-marathon is getting closer and I still have to enter. I decided I wasn’t going to do it because of scheduling reasons. As I sit here a bit ill, it seems like a wise choice. But no doubt I will…
Richmond Marathon: September 18th, 2016 (info) New to the Richmond Running Festival this year is the inaugural MARATHON. Apparently there are only 1,500 places (no I’m not doing the race). But I do know the area reasonably well. This must surely be the prettiest Marathon route in the UK. Forget sightseeing in SW London…just do the…
Beer, cheer and Jo Pavey. although possibly not in that order. This is a Highgate Harriers hosted qualifier for Rio (yep the real Olympics Rio). It goes something like: Turn up Buy some beer (if not racing) Stand in lane 3 Cheer a lot as lots of soon-to-be-famous Olympians hurtle around the track. After cheering…
I needed a feel-good session today and for some bizarre reason my plan has 1 minute intervals with 2 min recovery. That’s a lot of speed and a lot of recovery, perhaps too much. Anyway I went faster than ever sneaking in quite a few minutes at 3 min/km pace… awesome. I just have to…
You’ve probably been looking for a 5k training plan. There’s lots out there and a few on this site. You’re not an elite runner by a long chalk but you’d like to improve your 5k times at your local parkrun. Thing is, all those plans take up so much time and have you running many…
Wow! 4th Feb 2012 will have Mark Spitz and Ed Moses running the Bushy Park parkrun 5k ‘race’ – that is if they bring their trainers. They are both about 60ish now and so if you come along to the Bushy Park parkrun you might finally have a chance of beating them! Well I’m sure…
