My first 5000m in 4 years and a P.B..13.44 at the Goteborg Grand Prix.     The race was set up for a Swedish guy Mustafa and he wanted to run sub 13.20. There were some good guys in the field, a few had run sub 13.20, few that had run around 13.30 and a few around 14.00 so it was perfec .. Read More

Manchester BMC 1500m A race   As the 1500m isn’t an aim of mine this year I knew I’d be going into this one without easing down and tired.. I’m running a 5000m in a couple of weeks time so this was the perfect opportunity to have a sharpener, and that’s exactly what I .. Read More

National Rd Relays 09   After some hard weeks training I was looking forward to using these relays as a bit of a blow out. I was aiming for a sub 14 min run on the short leg. This I would have been happy with.   On arrival at the race I met up with a few friends and before long everyon .. Read More

Now this was nerve wracking.  After I finished second at the indoor trials last weekend I was offered a place at the Birmingham Grand Prix and I was in a difficult situation. Do what my instincts were telling me, go with it, or sit back, be sensible and do a job today.. There were obviously .. Read More

  The selection criteria for the European indoor champs were to finish in the first two at the trial with the qualifying time of 7.55. Simple. There were three things that we decided that might happen during the race and they all did. You have to be flexible when talking about race plans, as .. Read More

With the nationals coming up in a couple of weeks this meeting fitted perfect into my plans. As I'm running a 3k at the Nationals, two 1500m were just what the doctor ordered. Two races in one day though is never an easy task especially with today only having 90 mins between.. I was set a tas .. Read More

Athletics can be a tough game. When it’s going well there is nothing better, but when it’s going bad there is nothing worse. It’s not like any team game where if you’re having a bad day your team mates can carry you through. No, your performance is there for everyone to see. .. Read More

As I’m having my usual crazy Friday night and doing absolutely nothing, just chilling in with a DVD I thought I’d use my time constructively and write a blog. After the 1500m at Sport City last weekend training was straight back to normal this week. After getting in pretty late on Sunda .. Read More

First things first, I’ve got to apologise for the lack of blogidge recently. The combination of being away from home and my computer being sick is the reason for the lack of posts. However I’m back now and the old confuser has been fixed so I’m back in the game. This time of year .. Read More

In response to Phil’s blog I thought that I’d add my two cents in. I can totally understand where Phil is coming from with his frustration. I also work and fitting training in can be hard but from my point of view it’s a personal decision on lifestyle. If you want to buy your own .. Read More

This time of year is great. The National road relays are such a good event. In our sport there aren’t many opportunities where we get to compete as a ‘Team’ and this is the main one. Unfortunately over the years I haven’t been able to run this event as much as I’d have .. Read More

I want to take this opportunity to welcome the new lads to Runnerslife. They’ll be great additions to the team I’m sure. As for me, I’ve just got my head down and I’m training hard. I’m looking forward to racing again now, I feel like I’m getting some really good .. Read More

This weekend past was an interesting one. As Skins was selected for the world cross he was staying down at the Great Britain training camp in Aldershot and Gammer and I were asked to come down and join up with the group and add to the numbers for the session on sat morning. This was fine by me and w .. Read More

Not much has happened since being back from Turin. I’ve had my easier week and now I’m back into the swing of things. It’s good to be getting back into a routine of work and training. I met up with Neil on sat for a session and an old face showed I hadn’t seen in a while. SKI .. Read More

Since being back I’ve just taken things easy. I got back on Monday afternoon and was tired. Mo and I ran on Sunday morning out in Turin and we were wrecked. Luckily I had an easier week this week and I needed it. After a big competition there is always a lull and in the past I have picked up .. Read More

Later on in the evening after the heats Ian got us all together for a chat to see how we were going to run the final, and let me in on the PLAN. Thankfully they hadn’t told me of the PLAN prior to the heats and just let me do my thing. Mo said he wanted it fast, and I volunteered to take it .. Read More