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149. In at the deep end – Stratford 220 Sprint Triathlon
It’s not even 9 on Sunday morning, and already I’m out of my depth. Looking out of my new goggles and through a bubble-strewn maelstrom of churning waters, I can see the floor of the pool falling away...
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152. Running on Roman Road 1 – The Devil’s Highway, Bracknell Forest Five
(updated and completed 26.06.2007 … … banner image © Microsoft Virtual Earth) The straightest line on any map. In southern England, as in much of Europe, straight lines most often record the course of...
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156. The Dorney Dash 10 km – and how to row the North Atlantic
Vous n’êtes pas loin. ‘Not far to go now,’ cried the marshall in the Dorney Dash 10 km last month, a pleasant, friendly run beside the rowing lake – the sparkling new facility where oarsmen, kayakers...
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170. The winds of doubt – Brighton 10 km 2007
Running ? Ah yes, I remember running. To be fair, I fell down a rabbit hole on the third hole at Sandwich in late summer. I didn’t run a stride in September, and I’ve been slow since then. But here I...
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185. On the gallops – Epsom Downs and The Derby
Summer drifts across these hills. And on warm June days, this is where you’ll find me, the lazy afternoon lagging heavily at my heels all along this steady climb to reach the Downs. I leave the grey...
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197. The Hog’s Back Road Race, Guildford 2008 – It’s All About the Hill
“Upon the whole it was an excellent journey & very thoroughly enjoyed by me; the weather was delightful the greatest part of the day… to my capacity it was perfection. I never saw the country from...
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201. To hold the hand of Spain – Almería Half Marathon 2009
A cool, soft and forgiving kind of Spanish rain is falling. I drift down the hill, easing into my pace and gently exploring that warm sense of anticipation which the early miles of a race can sometimes...
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209. A dragon slain on Doomsday – Horsham 10 km
Dragons used to roam in St Leonard’s Forest, or so the local legend goes. Today it’s only runners, and me amongst them, burning with limbs afire in the 25th running of the Horsham 10 km. We’re on my...
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230. Autumn leaves and cobalt sky – 2010 London Royal Parks Half Marathon
It’s ten past ten on 10.10.10 and I’m running across Westminster Bridge. The sun has just come out onto a perfect autumn day and Sunday mornings don’t come much more memorable than this. London has...
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246. London Marathon 2012 – every single step: running for Macmillan Cancer...
1: Endangered species The vista is all but empty now, across the expanses of the open plain ahead. The sky is blue and cloudless, the temperature cool in the early morning as the huge animal lumbers...
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