October. It’s been a month of glorious highs and dismal lows for my running. The month started off well with the Bananaman Chase 10k race, where I got a time of 51:17 in the baking heat of our indian summer (about 30 seconds off a PB), but then a niggling knee ache turned into a full blown knee injury. I spent the next week icing, stretching and keeping off my feet as much as possible so I could make the start line of the Great Eastern...

“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...

Tickets, money, passport. Tickets, money, passport. No, that’s not what I’ve got to remember. Erm… Race number, timing chip, Garmin. Race number, timing chip, Garmin. No, no, no. That’s not right either, that’s for tomorrow’s Great Eastern Run. Ah, I remember now… parkrun bag, parkrun laptop, money for parking. parkrun bag, parkrun laptop, money for parking. parkrun bag, parkrun laptop, money for...

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...