Lisrun

I joined the Striders in August 2005 with the mindset that at the ripe old age of 54, it was far too late to start running marathons. This ...

Well this weekend could not have been much better    Saturday: We were up early to go back to Middlesbrough Albert Park parkrun where my p...

Last summer I decided it might be a good idea to contact an old schoolfriend. Through the wonders of Facebook, I found him and and we ex...

Melanie and I travelled down on the Saturday as the race started at 8 and we certainly did not fancy getting up very early on Sunday morning...

My sixth time round Kielder and my third time at this low key and free marathon for members of the North East Marathon Club (membership is j...

It has been a while, the middle of November was the last time I did a long race. My training since then has been poor, just one long run and...

I was up at 4.30, had breakfast and headed off in the dark to Hetton-le-Hole. I got there in plenty of time (I could have slept longer !) a...