Sikh Runner – Usingh Bolt – Endurance Runner

End of 2016/Challenge for 2017

Welcome to my last blog of 2022. I’ve managed to cover everything from my first race in 2006, through to my first marathon, my marathon retirements (!!), my first ultra, my first multi race challenge and more in this year. This is my final blog covering 2016. In the New Year when I start lookingContinue reading “End of 2016/Challenge for 2017”

Part 2 of 2016.

Welcome back to my blog series covering my journey to 100 (M). The M represents my aim to get to 100 official marathons (hit the 50 this year) and a 100 mile run in 24 hours (Equinox24 in Sept 2023 will be the next attempt). This one covers the 2nd part of 2016. I’m goingContinue reading “Part 2 of 2016.”

2016 – Part 1. Year of Club Colours

I look back at my running in 2016 with interest. I mentioned it towards the end of my last blog that a little bit of a spark, a little bit of passion and enthusiasm and a desire to push myself disappeared after the ultra I did in 2015. I fulfilled my race commitments in 2015Continue reading “2016 – Part 1. Year of Club Colours”

2015 – The TCT Runs

Welcome to 2015! Similar to 2014 this will be broken down into a few blogs to cover what I got up to in the year. Looking at the races I did, the times I did them in it was a year that I really had to dig deep in races to get round. I cameContinue reading “2015 – The TCT Runs”

2014 – Part 4 Races 12 – 15

So, 11 races covered of 2014 and now we’re into the last 9 and as you’ll remember the original plan was 10 half marathons and 6 full marathons. This had increased to 20 races by July with a mixture of a lot of confidence gained from some good runs and 1 run that I classContinue reading “2014 – Part 4 Races 12 – 15”

2014 – Part 3. Races 8 to 11

I’m going to crack on with the next 4 races of the 2014. All of these were half marathons. The beauty of running for me has been the ability to continuously try new things, mix things up run with other people and be inspired by the incredible efforts of others. Now I knew of peopleContinue reading “2014 – Part 3. Races 8 to 11”

2014 – Part 2. Races 4 to 7

Hello there. This week I’m looking at races 4 to 7 of the 20 I did in 2014 for Macmillan’s. The 1st 3 races as discussed in last week’s blog were all PB runs, 2 half marathons and then the 55-minute PB at Manchester marathon. It was a really good start to the challenge, andContinue reading “2014 – Part 2. Races 4 to 7”

2014 – Races 1-3 of the 20

Let’s begin with the training for the 2014 challenge. Looking at the spreadsheet I started to keep back then I can honestly say I took this challenge pretty seriously. Running 20 races in 8 months, 6 fulls and 14 halfs, was no small matter. Especially for someone who really struggled with the fulls he hadContinue reading “2014 – Races 1-3 of the 20”

2009 Part 2 – New York, New York

Hello and welcome to the 2nd part of my look at 2009. The year I became ambitious and did 2 marathons in one year, approx. 5 months apart. In the last blog I covered Silverstone Half and Edinburgh and how Edinburgh was difficult due to the unexpected heat on the day. After a few weeksContinue reading “2009 Part 2 – New York, New York”