35:43! That was my official time at Chase The Moon last night and I'm absolutely delighted. It is only 24 seconds slower than my (not including track runs) 5km PB set at Dulwich parkrun in January. I'm definitely running faster than I was this time last year and I feel that if I take on … Continue reading RunThrough Chase The Moon Olympic Park
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Southend parkrun
Southend parkrun comes under the heading of "parkruns I have been meaning to go to for ages but keep getting thwarted by engineering works on the Gospel Oak to Barking line". This weekend was my last real opportunity to do it before it gets too cold for this nonsense, so I was relieved to see … Continue reading Southend parkrun
Chase the Sun Olympic Park
(For the 59 billionth time) This week's excuse for not doing 10k was the fact that I'd been up since the crack of dawn getting the Eurostar home from France and endured a very stressful journey in the same carriage as a family who seemed to think the aisle was a children's playground and who … Continue reading Chase the Sun Olympic Park
RunThrough Chase The Sun Hyde Park
Yesterday was the fourth time I have run the RunThrough Hyde Park 5k. My times from the previous four outings went like this: 25 April 39:17 23 May 39:26 6 June 40:10 and this was quite depressing because one is supposed to get faster and not slower! Anyway, I am delighted to say I have … Continue reading RunThrough Chase The Sun Hyde Park
RunThrough Chase The Sun Wimbledon Common
I have not a lot to say about this week's race as it was pretty much exactly the same as the last month's. It was significantly hotter, but also significantly less mudder so I am hoping those two factors cancelled each other out and my time (40:11, exactly a minute faster than last month) represents … Continue reading RunThrough Chase The Sun Wimbledon Common





