Saturday saw my first (and probably last) indoor race of 2010 in the shape of a 3000m at the Husky Classic in Seattle.  This is a race which we have watched on Flo track for a couple of years now and the distance races are all of good quality and depth so we had been planning on giving it a whi .. Read More

Over a year ago, I ran the AAA 10,000m at Watford.  After 25 laps of running around by myself and having the indignity of being lapped by most of the field (and a few of the field lapped me twice) I vowed to never do it again until I was capable of running a half decent time and of keeping up w .. Read More

Running a 3000m track race isn't the way I usually celebrate New Year's Day but it seemed like a good idea.  There would be no pressure on me, and it would be a good opportunity to see where I'm at and test myself over a distance that I have not done any specific training for.  It would al .. Read More

Hilly but no howler - result! Finally I managed to finish a race feeling like a human being. It has been a long time coming. An absolute age. I actually got into a race and felt ok. It's amazing! I'm still disappointed. I don't feel that deep aching disappointment, more of a tinge. A tinge of what .. Read More

It was my first race for five months today - a comeback race so to speak. I'd not done many sessions but I had done quite a lot of running and was looking to lay down a marker for the rest of the season. My 10k PB was fairly soft and I felt that anything less than breaking it would be pretty disappo .. Read More

After a really good winter of base training, the time has finally come around to get more specific, so this week, we have started to hit the track for some specific workouts. My track season officially kicks off in three weeks time with a 1500m, although my main aim is to lay down a decent 5000m tim .. Read More

Click here for the race report of the Husky Classic 3000m and my latest blog. .. Read More

So finally we are here!  After months of excitement and anticipation we are now in Eugene, Oregon - a runners dream!Well, that is apart from the rain.   I must admit that it took me a day or so to get used to the temperature too.  We've gone from 34-35 degrees in Australia to 10 .. Read More

We are now back in Australia following our amazing two weeks with the Kiwi Run Tour Group.  With less than two weeks to go before we fly to the US for the 2nd half of our trip, and as this may be my last blog from Australia (I'll have to see what happens), I  was going to use it to reflect .. Read More

  Only one more sleep to go now before we fly to Auckland for one of the highlights of an already fantastic trip. Tomorrow is the start of our New Zealand running tour which takes us from Auckland and tours down the North island - finishing in Wellington on the 11th January.   Although .. Read More

  It's coming up to that time of year again when everybody sits downs and reviews their year against their aims and makes new ones.  I know there is still a few days to go  before 2009 officially ends, but I have a hectic new year planned (more on that on a later blog) so thought it .. Read More

  It was with great sadness that I read the tragic news about Pistol last week.  I didn't know him very well but had spoken to him on a few occasions and whenever I think about Pete,  I always remember him running all six legs at the Ed Prickett relays, the year that Chris and myself .. Read More

This week was quite interesting in that we were able to pass through Falls Creek where as I'm sure you know, a number of athletes go for altitude training during the Australian summer.  We were only able to stay for two nights, but considering I have never done any altitude training before or u .. Read More

I'm now at the beginning of my fourth week in Australia and really feel like things are starting to take shape once more.  I am in quite a heavy period of training in terms of mileage (for me so far in my career) so we're being really careful in making sure I'm recovering properly between sessi .. Read More

Week two of training done, week three just commencing.This last week has been one of my biggest mileage weeks to date at about 94 miles.  It's been mainly steady running, but I feel like it has gone well.  As we are still moving around Australia a little bit, I've not really done many runs .. Read More