Well, the Olympic 'A' standard is 2.12, and the 'B' standard is 2.16. And a B standard can only go if no-one with the 'A' standard is on the plane, well, tube. These standards are 3 mins harder than for Beijing 2008, which I found pretty surprising. Seeing as only 2 British men have run sub 2.12 in .. Read More

Hi all, I thought I'd write a little note about my jaunt to Brighton at the weekend. I was asked to attend as Saucony are the Brighton Marathon sponsors and apparently 'I add value'. Hardly... I also feel guilty about choosing London over Brighton so it makes me feel better to go and help. And I li .. Read More

Hi all, so now the recovery period is over and I'm focussed on my plans for running PBs in 2011! this week was my first 100 mile week since September and Nick and I have sat down and planned the races up until London marathon. Seeing as last year worked so well, it predictably follows a similar str .. Read More

I like stats, and I just discovered the Reports section of Garmin Connect and so thought I'd have a look. Now, it's not the whole story as I sometimes don't turn my Garmin on for warm-ups, or now and then it crashes and I have to use a stopwatch, or the data never gets transferred for some reason bu .. Read More