(Written 11 March 2020) It is hard not to lose the run of yourself at the moment with all of the information that is spreading around about the Coronavirus, never mind about the spreading of the disease itself. It is on everyone’s mind. It is the topic of almost all...
Everyone knows that as we age, we get slower. I have always known this in terms of my running and for quite a while now I have said it’s only a matter of time before I stop setting new PB’s. What I didn’t know however was that it is the time of the month or my...
I have always classified myself as a long distance vs short distance runner. By long I mean anything over 10km. I ran my first 5km park run in February 2016 when testing the park run as a possible end of course goal for Coast Road Runners debut 0-5km running course. I...
I think we all know some of the lyric’s of James Brown’s 1966 hit It’s a Man’s World and no doubt these words would cause uproar if written in today’s world. But for me it has always just been a tune that you hear sometimes and when you hear it, it kind of stick’s in...
Do you ever feel like you’ve lost your running mojo? You’re putting one running foot in front of the other. But each foot feels heavy. It’s what I call a “not feeling it” run. As a runner of many years I’ve had my share of “not feeling it” running days. But the...
