I wasn't sure how my legs would respond going into this race having competed in the Armagh 5k on Thursday night in Ireland.  The last couple of times I have ran a decent 3k I have done a session on the Thursday night before and ran well so I was hoping for more of the same this weekend.  .. Read More

Armagh is always one of my favourite races of the year so to come so close to winning but not getting the win was very disappointing, especially the way the race paned out. I knew i was in fairly good shape going into the race despite my run in Northerns so I was looking forward to a good hard race .. Read More

  Another cross-country - another bad day at the office!   It's starting to become very frustrating now but I am just going to have to learn to accept that I can't run XC especially over really muddy courses like Sunderland yesterday.  I finished in 26th yesterday, approx 4mins off .. Read More

This was my main aim pre xmas seeing as I am so hopeless at XC so I was a bit gutted after this race and feel a bit deflated now.  To come so close to a pb yet not get one and get out sprinted at the finish kind of sums up 2010 for me.  It's solid but as a runner we always want to run pbs, .. Read More

22nd 29:50 and 1st Liverpool & District League.   Solid run over the XC for me, however I do think I could have maybe taken more advantage of the conditions as I don't think they have ever been that good under foot in Sefton, and probably never will!   The plan was to go off steady a .. Read More

  Hell Runner http://www.hellrunner.co.uk/hellupnorth.htm   1st 58:30   I know not everyone approves of me doing this race but I enjoy it and I think everyone needs races like this where there is no pressure and you can just run and enjoy yourself.  Its also a Puma sponsored .. Read More

  Leg 2 - 15:17   The day didn't get off to the best of starts with me forgetting my vest and having to borrow one off one of the u17s, hence why I looked like I was wearing a Liverpool Harriers compression top.  Then just as I'm stripping off ready to go Dave comes running over to .. Read More

I will be perfectly honest, I did this race for the brown envelop at the end of the race!  We put all those miles in and hard sessions so sometimes its nice to get a bit of money every now and again it makes it worthwhile!  Particularly as I am now down to 1 day a week in work.  The .. Read More

   I was very pleased to come away from this race with the fastest leg of the day after last week's disappointment over 1500m at Preston.   I ran a time of 16:22 for the 5.6k leg moving Liverpool from 12th place to 3rd place on leg 2.  It was a great team performance to get .. Read More

At the weekend I ran the 1500m up at Preston for a bit of fun really as it was a bit of a novelty running a 1500m on the roads.  I hadn't modified my training for the race in anyway and just wanted to run it off the strength work and miles that I have been doing.  So it was no suprise that .. Read More

On Saturday I took part in the 1500m in Ninove, Belgium in the Flanders Cup.  I came 6th in 3:42.6.  Here is a copy of the results from the first heat... 1 TASAMA FAISA DAME*  VAC  Sen  3:41.16 2 HRASS JAMEL  FRA  Sen  3:4 .. Read More

Tomorrow is the Northern XC and is a race that Liverpool Harriers are really looking forward to (some of us more than others!) Hopefully if we all run well we should be in the mix for some medals, but it won't be an easy task with so many strong teams in the North currently, with the usual challenge .. Read More

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you all had a great time and didn't eat too much! On Tuesday I raced the Ribble Vally 10km up at Clitheroe. It's always a great event and this year was no exception. The organisers do a fantastic job of putting on a great race and getting some of the best lads in th .. Read More

After a disappointing 2010 I am pleased to have made significant improvements this year and I still feel confident that I have lots of areas to improve going forward to 2012.  Steve J made some very useful comments on my last blog, which I have been making a conscious effort to improve in recen .. Read More

It's getting to that time of year again now were I am going to have to start thinking about putting the shorts away for a few months.  I am a massive wuss when it comes to the cold and I'm not afraid to admit it.  Us runners don't have any fat to insulate us you see!  Following Sefton .. Read More

It was a red carpet weekend for me, on Sunday I was very busy fitting in a 2-hour run, watching Liverpool beat Chelsea and also attending two presentations one at West Kirby Leisure Centre and one at the West Derby Conservatory Club! (Doesn't get much better than that!) The first of which was the H .. Read More

It took me a good few days following the BUPA Great South Run to get my legs back feeling fresh again.  Even that took a week without sessions with a run out over the mud at Mansfield in the XC relays.  Since Mansfield though I've noticed a massive improvement and I feel like have that bou .. Read More

Sunday was my first attempt at a 10-mile race, and its fair to say it didn't quite go to plan. I always run fairly aggressively, some times it pays off and sometimes you blow up big time.  Sunday unfortunately was one of those races were the wheels come off.  I won't be changing the way I .. Read More

I don't want this blog to turn into the Alex O'Gorman show as that might give him a big head but I honestly can't praise him enough.  This week I had a bit of panic following my Sunday run as I honestly thought I had the start of a stress fracture.  Sunday morning was the day of the Liverp .. Read More

It's been a very long time since my last blog now and I've even had Jonesy on my case so I promised I'd get one up as soon as possible.  To be honest he's probably been the only person who has noticed that I haven't been blogging apart from Lee who commented on my last training update!  Th .. Read More

The track season is drawing to a close now and my last race of the season comes up at Gateshead on Saturday in the BAL.  It's a bit of a come down from a Diamond league at Crystal Palace but I am still looking forward to helping Liverpool get into the Premier Division.  The following day I .. Read More