Archive for the ‘Half Marathon’ Category
Birmingham Half Marathon – 11/10/2009
After recently completing the 3 Peaks Challenge, the Roade Sprint Triathlon and a photography holiday in Italy (where I ate excessive amounts of pasta!) I hadn’t had any time to train for the Birmingham Half Marathon. Added to that, for the past week my knees have been hurting for some reason. So I wasn’t really [...]
Birmingham Half Marathon 2008
Last Sunday (26th October 2008) I ran the Birmingham Half Marathon which started at Walsall road by the Alexander Stadium and finished at Centenary Square in the city centre. Course description from the website: The course is undulating. The first stage of the course is on the A34 which is a dual carriageway heading into [...]
More Adventure Racing Updates!
On 30th August Dave and I entered the 3rd and final race of the 2008 Ace Race series. It was based in Bracknell and was a hot day – 27C. There were a lot of long steep hills. Our plan was just go go for all of the checkpoints, which we did. besides my handlebars [...]
I did it (Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon 2008)!
Yesterday I ran the Adidas Silverstone half marathon in a time of 1:50:59 – which for my first half-marathon I am very happy with! What’s more, I know I could have easily been 5 – 10 mins faster if I wasn’t held up so much at the start by slower runners in front of me.