42nd Greater Manchester Marathon, Sunday 8th April 2018, 9AM, 4.54.26, Adidas Ultra Boost So this period of my running life which began with a red and white medal for a 10k in Rome back in November, ended with a possible big gong of a gold colored medal for my seventh marathon, my second overseas, this […]
Read More PB, definitely? Maybe. Greater Manchester Marathon 2018Roma-Ostia Half Marathon, Sunday 11th March 2018, 9.30AM, 2.14.15, Adidas Ultra Boost There are big half marathons everywhere you go. In my native UK, the Great North Run is widely considered to be the biggest and best, maybe on the entire planet, in the US, the Brooklyn Half rules, and here in Italy, the general […]
Read More This years injury – 44th RomaOstia Half MarathonLa Panoramica Half-Marathon, Tivoli – Sunday 4th February 2018, 10AM, 2.03.18 -(PB) Adidas Ultra Boost The city of Tivoli lies about an hour inland to the east of Rome. It is famed for being host to not one but two UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Palatial gardens of Villa D’Este, which is in the heart […]
Read More Palombara Sabina to Tivoli – A tale of two citiesLa Corsa di Miguel, 10K, Sunday 21st January 2018, Rome, 55.18 (PB), Adidas Ultra Boost The Corsa di Miguel holds its origins in the story of a promising young runner from Argentina, who, during the Argentinian Military regime (which was eventually estimated to have claimed upwards of 11,000 lives) of the Late 70s, on the […]
Read More Scratching a three year itchCorri per la Befana, 10K, Saturday 6th January 2018, 10AM, Rome, 56.55. Asics Kayano 20 One of the few seasonal traditions that does not seem to have made its way across to the UK is that of the Befana (The Witch). Myth has it that, like Santa Claus, if you have been good, then in your […]
Read More The season of the witchAthleticom We Run Rome, 10k, 31st December 2017, 2pm For my 15th and final race of the year, I had signed up for the Athleticom We Run Rome. A mid afternoon Race through the center of Rome on New Year’s Eve. Now in its seventh year, the race was a big draw in the city, […]
Read More Out with a whimperI guess 2017 was a year that started badly and ended well. Although I achieved my half and full marathon PBs back in the spring, it was only towards the end of the year, over the past few months specifically, that have put me in the right track for some big PBs in the new […]
Read More 2017 in review
