Rather than a review, here’s my day in photos.

It was a good job that I was only running the Bedford Half Marathon for ‘fun’, within the first three miles ‘technical issues’ meant that a PB was out of the question, even if I had wanted one. When: December 11 Where: Wootton, Bedfordshire First man: Paul Martelletti 1:08:48 First Woman: Lucy Gossage 1:20:01 Last Finisher: 2:53:21 No. of Finishers: 1524 It was a strange start to the race as for once my family hadn’t come with me,...

Dear Bedford Half Marathon, I wonder if you can help me as I’m having a bit of a problem with my running. You see I’ve signed up to do your half marathon race on the 11th December but I’m afraid that date is no longer suitable for me. Back in October my running was going really well, I was running a 51 minute 10k and a sub 2 hour half marathon. However, since then my times have been going backwards. The mind and the upper body might be...

“If I hadn’t have been so tired, I’d have been dancing” Back in July when I started training for the Perkins Great Eastern Run my target was to run a sub-2 hour half marathon. This meant I needed to knock just over four and a half minutes of the PB I got in March. I big ask but I thought I might as well try. As I lined up with the crowds on the Peterborough startline, near the cathedral, I was just hoping I could get...

Ever since the Great North Run I’ve been having a bit of a problem with knee pain on the inside of my right knee, just underneath the knee. It’s been manageable up until this week with some icing and stretching but now my lovely taper into the Great Eastern Run is not exactly going to plan. This is what it should have looked like: Monday: Easy 6 miles Tuesday: Paced session with 1 mile warm up then 6 x 2 mins fast with 2 mins jog...

With the Great Eastern Run fast approaching, I decided to use energy gels for the first time. I’ve practised taking them on a run but was confused about the timing and when to take them. Thankfully Liz Yelling came to my rescue. On the Lucozade Sport Running Facebook page was the following post, “With the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon this Sunday don’t miss the Lucozade Running Facebook expo! Get the answers to your last...