We Were Promised Hoverboards

"Only 26.2 miles to go!" - so says the banner as you leave the London Marathon Running Show at ExCeL in London.  Only. Most o...

I've dusted off my password and come back to write something. If you've been keeping up-to-date with any of my social media, you...

So this is my final blog post anywhere before Sunday's Yorkshire Marathon attempt. I say attempt because that's exactly what it i...

The Yorkshire Marathon is 20 days away now and I’m now fully focused on the last nine (NINE!) training runs before the big day.   I did m...

The most intense training week I've probably ever had is finally behind me...and I actually feel pretty good about it. If you remember...

So that’s week two out of the way and my first 20 mile week since late January/early Feb.  As usual, it had its ups and downs with a pretty ...

Eleven weeks left to go.  I’ve done a little over 18 miles this week without any real ill effects so I think that’s probably got to be a suc...

It feels a bit strange blogging back on Hoverboards.  I know it’s been a long time since I posted here, and whilst that hiatus was never pla...

This blog first appeared on the Diabetes UK blog site on March 26th 2013 Like many people, I have a love/hate relationship with exercise. ...

Well the end of 2012 is almost nigh.  It's usually nice to look back over some of the highlights of the year and ponder what there is to...

Well I did it. I made it over the line 5 hours, 30 minutes and 41 seconds after I stepped over the start line at Blackheath. It was a bi...