On Saturday the 10th of August 2013, I ran my 50th parkrun. As far as my running achievements go, this has to be right up there. +
Tag Archives: running
Hamsterley 10k 2013
Bamburgh 10k 2013
What a difference a week makes! The bamburgh 10k was second on my list of runs to do this year. It looked a great run and I’ve been looking forward to it all year. +
A Stitch In Time Saves 4:28
I completed my second Pier to Pier event on Sunday and I’m still smiling! Smiling because I loved the run and smiling because I got a new personal best. +
My First Half
I think it was back in February when I tweeted Val. It was a screenshot of 13.1 miles and I suggested I wanted to attempt my first half Marathon. +
Five Fingers, Five Toes
After my running challenge in December I was asked to review a product called ‘Five Fingers’ by Vibram. I was over the moon to be asked to review these. Although I knew nothing about the shoe, I was just pleased to be asked my opinion! +
Cool Runnings
On Saturday I took part in a very tough, snow filled Durham parkrun. I was there to support Paul Smith, he was celebrating his 50th Birthday and 100 parkruns. +
The Best Things in Life are Free
I recently did a post over at 4Ever Fitness about a brilliant range of free apps that are available on the Bupa website. I’d like to discuss a few more with you now and they’re very relevant to my up and coming charity Christmas challenge. +
Running for Good
I came across a fitness blog the other day and I got a mention!
Tina Reale runs Best Body Fitness and she has a Saturday Shares page. If you scroll down to the heading ‘Reflect & Grow’ you’ll see next to ‘Use running for good?’ is my charity Christmas challenge. How nice is that? It’s great to see so many people supporting this challenge. The obvious aim of it all is to raise money for Percy Hedley but it seems to be developing into more than that. +
Pier To Pier Success!
Yesterday I completed my first Pier To Pier run so I thought I’d do a quick write-up as it’s fresh in my head.
Firstly, the race was fantastic! Secondly, it was very well organised so I have to say a huge thank-you to both the Sunderland Strollers and the South Shields Harriers. +