Author Archives: usinghbolt

2009 Part 1 – When the Going got Hot!

As I mentioned in the previous blog, 2008 finished with an unexpected 3rd race in the form of the inaugural Birmingham marathon.  Silverstone half before London marathon had been part of the plan. In October 2008, when the London marathon ballot results came out, I had not been successful.  This time I decided I wasContinue reading “2009 Part 1 – When the Going got Hot!”

My 2nd and Final Marathon!

Hi and this week it’s back to The Journey to 100m.  I hope some of you did a runsome in the last week?  I did my first full marathon yesterday taking me to 48 official fulls.  Almost halfway to 100 marathons. Official ones of course as I’ve already done 100!  In terms of a 100Continue reading “My 2nd and Final Marathon!”

Lets Talk About…. 1. Runsome

Let’s talk about ………  Runsome. Every so often I’m going to take a week off from blogging about My Journey to 100m and to discuss something more generic, running based of course. The first in the Let’s Talk About series is about Runsome, https://runsome.org/.  It’s something I became aware of during 2020 and have beenContinue reading “Lets Talk About…. 1. Runsome”

My 1st and Only Full Marathon!

So, the first race I did, GNR 2006 had went pretty well all things considered. If I’d used some common sense back then I would have carried on running for 2 months.  Not any long runs; but just getting out 2 or 3 times a week and putting some miles in, letting the body getContinue reading “My 1st and Only Full Marathon!”

The First Race – GNR2006

Before I dive into those first 2 races, I’m just going to make an observation about some the memories I will be sharing over the next few months, maybe even years of this blog series.  I started my running when camera phones were taking off, but selfies weren’t a thing yet as the cameras wereContinue reading “The First Race – GNR2006”

The False Starts – 6th Feb 2022

Well, I’ve made it back for another weekly blog! In running it’s sometimes said that the 2nd run is the most important when getting into running. The 1st run is usually littered with all the things you shouldn’t do, going off too fast, getting a stitch, poor weather, struggling to breath, the aches, and pains! Continue reading “The False Starts – 6th Feb 2022”