It really has been a while since my last blog, I could bore you all with excuses but the truth of the matter is, life really has been crazy. Nevertheless, here's a few... My wife is pregnant again, with the due date less than 5 weeks away (26th March...

Now its been over 4 months since my last blog, and over those 4 months, to be honest, I haven't done much running, mostly down to a stress fracture in my hip developed during a fall, whilst on a long run with GB Olympic Marathon Runner Scott Overall...

Beethoven, Einstein, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Oktoberfest and fast marathons, all great things associated with Germany! I remember watching the Berlin marathon last year and being in awe of the pace that the elite athletes had set off at, hitting halfway in...

Now its not ideal to go to Barcelona on a stag-do with 12 other guys 2 weeks before one of the biggest races of your life. To be honest, had it been most people's stags, I would have definitely said no, but when its your brother in-law, who lives...

The clock is ticking, quickly, and now there is only 3 weeks to go to the big day! Training has gone amazingly well, which makes me slightly nervous. Maybe its just me, maybe I am in this boat on my own, but with less than 3 weeks to go until the Hamburg...

Paris, the world capital city of shopping and fashion, and a tradition for good food and wine. As well as this, it's also home to one of the fastest half marathons in the world, and this years race was said to be the strongest elite field it had ever...

"...The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals." (Hal Higdon, Running Author and Coach). Being an athlete that is usually used to racing...

It was back in November 2011 that I was lucky enough to meet Daniel Foley (Editor for The Running Bug) at the after lunch party for the Brooks Brighton 10k. I was feeling a little sorry for myself as I didn’t feel I had run particularly well...