Countdown – 9 weeks to go!

‘One of the most challenging and picturesque races on the circuit’ is how the programme decirbed the Tunbridge Wells 1/2 Marathon.  The first bit I can now verify.  Hilly.  Very Hilly!  As for the scenery, speaking personally the only things I usually see are the backs and bobbing heads of the runners in front of [...]

Week 7 – 12 weeks to go!

I haven’t run in snow since the 2006 Eastbourne 1/2 Marathon.  On that January morning I remember sitting in the car in a car park watching the snow driving down and thinking “what on earth am I doing here getting ready to go out in this?”.  At least, on that occasion, there were a few thousand [...]