I’ve been running regularly for 26 months now, but I still feel like a newbie in many respects. I’ve not competed in many races, I’ve signed up for, but never run a ParkRun and I don’t run in a club. What I have been reminded of...

When I first saw an advert for the Energizer Night Run in Battersea Park I was intrigued. A 10k at night sounded a bit different, maybe even fun? Was I intrigued enough to take an 136 mile round trip just to run 6 and a bit? Damn right I was! It wasn’t...

My last post was so surprisingly successful, mainly thanks to a celebrity endorsement, it’s taken a while to find my inspiration for the follow-up! However, I actually didn’t need to look very far. Those of you who read my blog regularly will...

This weekend, whilst he was waiting for his 3000m race at the British Athletics Indoor GP , Mo Farah’s team announced to the press that he would be running the 2013 London Marathon – a surprising announcement as his marathon debut was widely...

The snow last week was a great opportunity to try something new (my first snow run) but it delayed me starting something else new. Tonight, my wait was over. It was time to put my license into action; my first session as a qualified UKA Leader in Running...

Today I lost my cherry. I was very nervous this morning but was determined that today would be the day. After a slow start, feeling my way, I soon got into a rhythm and found myself enjoying it. My confidence grew and so did my speed. I had to slow...

Christmas has finished. It’s official. The decorations are down, the tree is looking forlorn awaiting its fate and it’s back to work for a full week for the first time in nearly a month. Generally, the Christmas period has been a lovely...

Good morning! And what a good morning it is. After a week or so or sub-zero temperatures feeling the warmth of the winter sunshine was marvellous, even if it was only a few above zero! Not today, but was the temperature for my midweek run! ...

It’s 10 days since my last run and even longer since my last blog . I must admit that I've gone through a bit of a lull following my triumph at the Oxford Half Marathon . A number of things have combined to hide my running mojo: Awarding...

This month I succeeded in achieving a personal running goal: completing a half marathon in under 2 hours . That pace isn’t anything to set the world alight. More than 1200 people finished in front of me at the Oxford Half Marathon; 40% of people...

A frosty, sub-zero morning was not what I’d expected when I decided to run the 2012 Oxford Half Marathon back in July. Half Marathon Training Plans. Scraping the car at 8am made the summer feel a very long time ago indeed. Winter Running Clothing...

Dan has spent the last few months training hard for the Oxford Half Marathon. Remind yourself how he's been doing by reading his last blog. As I sit here now, Sunday the 15th of July seems a very long time ago. Over the last 13 weeks I have completed...

Dan has spent the last few months training hard for the Oxford Half Marathon. Read about his regime so far, including running on holiday and how running provides a sense of achievement. In a week’s time I will hopefully be sitting on this sofa...

As the weeks go by, the Oxford Half Marathon gets ever closer – it’ll be 3 weeks on Sunday. I can’t believe the last 10 weeks of training has gone so quickly. Thankfully, I’ve kept up the motivation and been building my confidence...

Catch up on Dan's Half Marathon story so far in his Half Way to Half Marathon post. Since my last post having reached the half way point of my half marathon training I’ve tried to apply a more positive and determined attitude to my Adidas...

Click on the links to follow Dan's Half Marathon training from the beginning: First Step to Sub 2hr Half Marathon Fartlek Sessions and Obstructed Pavements The last 5 days has seen me complete 4 runs; something that has been unheard of...

Catch up on Dan's training so far in his First Step to Sub 2hr Half Marathon My training for the half marathon continued yesterday with my second Adidas miCoach session. That is, after a fitness assessment at the gym. It turns out my last fitness...

Not long to go until the Oxford Half Marathon . I have started my new training programme ; a programme that I hope will help me smash my half marathon PB and secure a sub 2 hour half marathon. As some of you will remember, some time ago I wrote a blog...

I knew that today would pose a problem. It was obvious when walking home from my brother's house yesterday evening that the forecasters had not got it wrong. The icing sugar dusting of snow we had seen in the afternoon was now a plush carpet of...

Back in November I spotted a competition on the RunBritain Facebook page to win a new running app and a pair of headphones. All you had to do was say why you should be one of the winners so I posted: “This is the 1st winter I’ve run through...

Having finished work for the holidays, with the rain lashing down, the last thing I wanted to do was go for a run. My first winter of running was starting to be less fun. Dragging myself off the sofa with the thought of the £20 donation I’d...

On Sunday I reached a massive achievement in my running – I clocked up my 800th kilometre since I started my running challenge on March 27th. The 800 kilometres was my original target for me to cover in 12 months, yet I have managed to cover it...

As I explained in my first Running Bug blog post , my motivation to run regularly has come from raising money for charity (as well as trying to do something to keep fit). It's amazing how much drive I get from knowing that my running can...

Eight months ago I was a few days away from embarking on a daunting running challenge. My company had announced Maggie's Cancer Centres as our charity of the year and I wanted to do my bit - and what better way than to get myself running again. I...