I have been saved this week by Rebecca. Over to Rebecca: Seeing as we have passed what would have been the 40th London marathon the other weekend, I thought I would look back on my experience last year; my first ever marathon (and only one, despite what others think!) I…
Something for the weekend? 🙂 Fartleks are not only fun to say out loud, but they’re fun to run. Fartlek is the Swedish for “speed play,” and that is exactly what this run is all about. It can be effective in improving your running speed and endurance The fartlek was…
POETS Day. Used to mean, on a Friday, Pissing Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday, when I was working away from home all week. Well today’s Friday so let’s reflect on the VE75 anniversary. Actually there is a National Poetry Day if you wre wondering. This year’s National Poetry Day will take…
Remember the Half that never was? Spinach and Mushroom risotto! Big Col arrives. Let’s go to January 2015. It was cold. Click here… NEWSLETTER Jan 2015 Please remember the links probably won’t work and the special offers won’t be there too!
We have done this charity walk [well we actually ran! :)] a couple of times. Now with lockdown it can’t go on as normal this year. Ned Spencer’s recent email is published here to stimulate and encourage you [if interested]: ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Hello – keep smiling through! Let’s get some fresh…
Ian Smallwood has shared this approach by the running clubs in and around York: In the 1980s running boom, the York running clubs organised themselves into a league, with each club arranging a 10km road race on a Tuesday evening. So from May to July there are six 10km races,…
What’s been happening with you guys last week? Laura chose to try out what’s it like to be an ironing lady – I thought she knew that already (!) – in-between chose to run 16 times round the club track to get 10k in under 45 minutes. Lots of guys…
With no responses – apart from the fab 4 – to my request for articles of your favourite or your best race. I have asked Hipperty-Hopperty to send me some race reports. However, It would be nice if some of our other 96 members email theirs – please. Over to…
Well a few weeks has passed since we started his article. An update on ststus is below: New Jarrod is first to acknowledge his predicament. A pain in the bum I’ve been called (a lot) worse. My injury, high hamstring tendinopathy began summer 2019. Up to then, I’d probably been…
Hope everyone is holding up and keeping positive. A bit of a change from Carolyn, to your core routine today. The core corner message remains the same; ‘a strong trunk (or core) gives you the strength to hold a good posture, keeping your lower limbs biomechanically efficient and less at…
