Well back in Bermuda for a race that has been good to me over the years and that I really like.  This year was no exception and certainly had the makings of a classic.  The times may not ever be super fast but that is the course, it is very tricky with two tight turns and you have to gauge .. Read More

Looking out at the snow I can appreciate how lucky we have been with the weather regards racing these last few weeks.  Basel on Saturday was good conditions.  About 13 degrees with only a slight wind.  I mentioned last week about how well organised some races are compared to races in .. Read More

Continuing with a few races I managed to get a start in another little 8k race in a small Swiss town.  As mentioned in the blog they do these events really well.  The course was a loop of the town centre with good viewing for the public and we had 8 laps to do.  A tough little course .. Read More

Well tell a bit of a lie, it is actually just short of 8k 7800 (ish)    For me the target was to have a good run and see where I am fitness wise.  I prefer benchmark distances like either a 5k or a 10k to guage my performance, but this gave me the opportunity to run nonetheless. Th .. Read More

Like always the forums were busy with predictions with who will run, who will win, and yet like always it is about who turns up on the day.  This year though the rumours were that NEB were lining up a stellar team, with the inclusion of Mo, add in the fact that Geele was running well from his p .. Read More

This day was always going to be a rush for me as the only flight back was at 4.50pm out of Gatwick (well ones that were relatively cheap).  Originally I thought that the race started at 2 but being 2.30 it was really pushing it.  Due to this I had no option but to go first leg, and literal .. Read More

Well a solid race for me, a long long way off where I want to be but the most important thing was to get round!  I decided to run this mile road race as it is in the beautiful place of Interlaken, overlooked by the Jaungfrau Mountain.  The mile proceeds the Marathon the following day, wher .. Read More

Well a disaster.  Things have been going really well in training, and I was really looking forward to this race.  Disaster struck about 10 days out when I was doing a track session in the rain and my achilles that I have had problems with for years flared up really bad.  The usual rou .. Read More

As anybody who reads my blogs will know I have been struggling with a calf problem, and it has seriously affected my training over the past 3 weeks or so.  I have done my best, given the lack of any medical support to nurse the problem back to health as quick as possible without doing myself an .. Read More

So as I mentioned in my blog, I have been struggling with a slight calf problem, but decided that it would still be ok to race.  I would never put the team in jeopardy, and so thought long and hard about running or not.  The morning of the race I thought that it felt sore but ok, and .. Read More

So here we are at the final.  As I said after the heat I was really looking forward to the race and really felt I could be in with a shout. I have also said in my racing blogs that when my warm up goes bad in terms of me feeling terrible I seem to run really well.  Today my warm up went .. Read More

In all my years and all the championships I have done whilst running for Great Britain I have never ever been in the last heat.  Usually the advantage lasts with the second one as you can see what happens and then run that bit quicker and get more through as fastest losers. Heats are notorious .. Read More

My blog has covered most of the race so I apologies if I go over the same things.  Got up on race day for a 15 minute loosener which was good with Mo Farah, Mark Draper, Steve Davies and Neil Gamster. Felt good and nice and relaxed.  Warming up for the race I felt prettyrubbish, but as I e .. Read More

Heats: The heats on Sunday were as always pretty cagey.  I was trying to stay as relaxed as possible and I warmed up with Steve Davies and his coach Chris Moss.  I felt pretty good warming up and the purpose was to stay as relaxed as possible and get the job done and finish in the top thr .. Read More

All credit to the guys who tow the line at the National Champs, I have always believed that if you want to run for your country then you have to do them, and so it was a little disappointing that there were some guys missing that would have made the races more interesting.  Having said that, if .. Read More

I have written about this race in my blogs, so shall keep this report small.  However, for those who haven't read the blog here goes..... The race was at 2.30pm so meant getting up and going for a little jog around central park and a few strides.  Breakfast was not included in the hotel s .. Read More

I won the race in 4.19 and James was in 3rd but a contentious decision as 2nd and 3rd were given the same time.  Some people thought James was 2nd others thought the Kenyan was but the other guy got the nod and James was left with 3rd.  They both ran 4.20.   Unfortunately the weathe .. Read More

I always thought that you really had to achieve something very special to announce that you are retiring from a sport and I was happy, as an old guy in running terms,  just to call it a day and walk away.  However, Simon asked if I would write a little about my decisions and blog one last .. Read More

Race report up!  :-) .. Read More

First off sorry for the delay in my blogs.  I simply have not had internet access for the past two weeks.  My laptop is broken and now back to using a desktop, and I wasn't able to get that in my hand luggage! So just got back from Bermuda and New York with mixed results.  Bermuda wa .. Read More

Happy New Year to everyone.  Hope that you all had a good Christmas break and New Years Eve.  Pretty quiet for me, as we decided to stay in because unfortunately Kati was working both New Years Eve and again on New Years Day at 8am!  Still they usually seem to be a bit of a letdown .. Read More

Happy New Year to everyone.  Hope that you all had a good Christmas break and New Years Eve.  Pretty quiet for me, as we decided to stay in because unfortunately Kati was working both New Years Eve and again on New Years Day at 8am!  Still they usually seem to be a bit of a letdown .. Read More

Well here we are at the end of another year.  This one has been pretty eventful, filled with highs and lows running wise, but has certainly seen some massive changes for me.   Started with a great indoor season, probably the best of my career in terms of consistency, training and quality .. Read More

Flew back to blighty on Monday to see family and friends for Christmas.  As we are spending the actual Christmas week in Germany, it is a good opportunity to have my family one now. Having been away for a few months, it is really nice to be back and my Dad has planned lots of things so we have .. Read More

I just wanted to take this opportunity to pass on my condolences to 'Pistol' Pete Holmes family and friends.   I didn't know the guy but it was clear from his many posts, the tributes now on the site, and tireless work on eightlane, amoungst other things, that he will be sorely missed.   .. Read More

So the snow has finally started to fall here.  To be fair we have been so lucky thus far.  The weather for November has been amazing really and very mild.  All the ski resorts were due to open last week and couldn't as there was no snow.  Last year they were all open by the begin .. Read More

Fortunately not for me, having raced again last night I despair at the state of events and running in Britain.  Not to take away from the hard work that the guys who put some of these races on, like the Normans, they do a great effort, but we are seriously lacking behind.  Granted we do ma .. Read More