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Rob Allison and I ran this race in very hot conditions on the 9th July. Rob did a scorching time of around 55 minutes. For the older runners times were irrelevant as it was more a case of survival in the hot sun. Three local runners, myself included, came first in their age...

How do you know when you’ve become a runner? Well, in all honesty, it probably isn’t after completing your first run/walk session and collapsing on the sofa swearing that you’ll never do that again (we’ve all been there, it gets easier!) But once...

Another week and a nice gentle drive across country to the outskirts of Nostell Priory. I guess Wakefield conjures images of urbanisation but the marathon was quite the opposite. Quite a walk to the start from the car park with a start in the sunshine around 10.00. I consciously...

From travelling 3500 miles the previous week, it was a slightly shorter journey of four miles or six minutes travel time. Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, not quite our North Riding but it’s still Yorkshire. A cloudy but warm morning saw the start at the local...

I didn’t set out to become a runner. It was never an ambition or dream I had as a kid. I can’t say for sure but I’d guess most people are the same… They kind of fall into running, discover that they like it (for whatever reason) and keep on doing it until – ta...

The Guisborough Moors run is a hard, hilly race. 12 and a bit hard, hilly miles… I knew this but had managed to persuade myself (and a gullible mate) into believing it wouldn’t be that bad. It was. Hot, hilly and hard. Brutal. Did I mention the hills? Up Guisborough woods,...