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...