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A weekend of PBs and some key learnings

A weekend of PBs and some key learnings

This weekend I took part in my first 24-hour track race. I had set myself a target of getting PBs for 50 km, 50 miles and 100 km, and I wanted to run 100 miles within 24 hours. I hit three of these targets, met many amazing people, discovered many things about running around a 400-metre track for ho

5 K at Newark

I managed three last places today (in what I am going to call a Ray’s Pentathlon), but I had a great day

Today I attended the third session of the Notts Athletics Development League (which was my second session of this session). In the previous session, I took part in three events, but today I really pushed the boat out and took part in five events, discus, shot, 100m, 1500m and 5K. The first event sta

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The Al Andalus Ultimate Trail, Failure and Success, but Mostly Success

I have just finished running he Al Andalus Ultra Trail. This was my first five-day stage race and it was also my first long race in a warm climate. It was a great experience, and I have learned lots that will make my next race more successful.

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A race plan switches to plan B, protecting myself by ‘running inside myself’

Today was the British Masters multi-terrain championship, run across 30K of the North Downs (18.6 miles). The Championship was run as part of a larger event, the Istead and Ifield Harriers’ 30K North Downs Race. This was the first time I have taken part in this race, and I was hopeful of doing well.

Not every run needs to be a race, nor even a training session

Not every run needs to be a race, nor even a training session

Last week I wrote about running in a half-marathon for the England Masters team. But, most of my running is not about racing. Twice a week I ‘train’, which tends to mean running fast for a period of time, often in some form of repetitions. But, most of my running is not about training. An average da

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Living the Dream! Running for England as a 66 year old!

I had a new first today, running for England in a Masters’ England versus Wales half-marathon competition. I am going to split this write-up into three parts, 1) how the race went, 2) how I qualified to run for England (and what does it mean), 3) how you could start winning medals, running for your

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A trip to Snowdonia, my favourite type of running, social fell runs

Last weekend was a long weekend in the UK, with a public holiday on Monday. This provided a great opportunity to join friends, mostly from the Redhill Road Running Club and head over to Snowdonia for three days of social fell running. Of all the types of running I do, social fell runs are my number