On 6th April 2025, I ran Milan Marathon for the first time. I love travelling to Italy with my family, and Milan has been on our travel radar for some time. This year, Milan Marathon fell on the first weekend of the school holidays, so we took a late flight on Friday night (after school … More Milan Marathon 2025
On 23 February 2025, I completed the Seville Marathon for the second time. After taking part in Seville Marathon 2024, I was unsure if I would return this year. Forever having the dilemma of wanting to return to take part in events, but also experience new events, it simply is not possible to take part … More Seville Marathon 2025
On 18 February 2024, I took part in the Seville Marathon. Sevilla was a beautiful location for a marathon and a family holiday. When considering races, I always look first at school holidays, to consider options available when my children are not at school, and Seville was perfect. We decided to travel on Thursday until … More Seville Marathon 2024
On 25th July 2021 I took part in the Asics London 10k. This is always an event I enjoy running, in fact it is my 8th time taking part in the London 10k, formally known as the British 10k. But after being cancelled in 2020, and with the year 2021 has been so far, with … More Asics London 10k 2021
Asics London 10k 2019 On the 21st July 2019 I took part in the Asics London 10k. The name may have changed from the British 10k, but the course and the event remains the same. This is the 7th time I have taken part in this event, and 4th as the 45 minute pacer. As … More Asics London 10k 2019
On 14th April 2019 I took part in the Paris Marathon as an official pacer. As always I’m writing my review of the event on the day, whilst its fresh. My legs may be aching, but I had an amazing time. This was the second time I ran the Paris Marathon, the first time in … More Paris Marathon 2019
I am pacing the Paris Marathon 2019, and as part of this I joined all the Pacers for the Paris Breakfast Run. This is a run that is held on the Saturday morning the day before the marathon, and I didn’t really know what to expect before it started. I started by meeting the other … More Paris Breakfast Run 2019
On the 7th April 2019 I took part in the Manchester Marathon for the 3rd year as an Official Pacer. This year I was once again the sub 4 pacer. I have always enjoyed taking part in Manchester Marathon, and you can see my review from 2018 HERE. This was the 3rd time I’ve paced … More Manchester Marathon 2019
The “How to run a marathon faster series” aims to offer advice and support to runners wanting to run a marathon faster, from a range of experienced runners. For the fourth edition we have someone who is no stranger to running a marathon fast. Holly Rush has ran for her counry at the European Championships, … More How to run a marathon faster – with Holly Rush
As part of my “How to run a marathon faster series” I am pleased to welcome Danny O’Reilly. He answered some questions for this blog a few weeks ago, but I’ve been waiting for today. He has been working hard all Autumn for a PB attempt today at Florence Marathon 2018, spoiler alert, he smashed … More How to run a marathon faster – with Danny O’Reilly
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