Alsager 5 - 17th in 24:27, and not 18th as results suggest. So this my first race in a long time and to be fair it showed. I felt ok going through the first mile in 4:32, and then 2 miles in 9:18. But then I started to feel a bit leggy. I was in the group with Norman, Buckley and a few others befor .. Read More

1STTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Who said that I was crap at Cross Country. 7.5 miles of mud, more mud, Hills, and then a bit more mud. The plan was to go off easy then run the last lap hard, but I eased away at the start and just kept going. I felt really good in the last mile and if pushed could have won .. Read More

Well it was my second race as a dad and I managed to stay on 2 feet this time. Last year I ran 30:29 in pretty good weather, so 30:50 is an ok run considering the wind and the lack of sleep over the last week or so. I went off pretty steady and missed the break of about 8 athletes or so. I ended u .. Read More

Where do I start............. well the first 4 seconds of the race went fine until someone clipped my heel and I hit the deck. I tried to get up first time around only to be pushed back to the floor, I then tried again only to be kneed in the lower back which hurt quite a bit. I then decided to lye .. Read More

What a great day of racing. Newham were a class apart................. but the race for silver and bronze was great. On Thursday when I heard Milesy could not run due to a bad cold, I honestly thought that our medal chances had gone, and how wrong was I, every Belgravian gave it there all and the .. Read More

Another relay and another medal for me, although a little disappointed with Silver. Aldershot managed to get out most of there big names and deserved to take the win. It was also nice to see Woodsie walking around with a smile, or almost a smile. Leg 3 17:29. Went of pretty hard and clocked 8:59 a .. Read More

Cardiff 1500m - 8th 3:51.1 My first 1500 for about 10 weeks and it went ok. 400 - 62 800 - 2:04 bell - 2:50ish Felt pretty good early on and closed up right behind the leaders with 150m to go, they kicked and I didn't, although my mind wanted my legs thought otherwise. I have only done 2 real 1 .. Read More

Solihull 3kI was looking forward to racing again after a few problems and the 3k at Solihull seemed a good start. Friday started normally until my gold cap fell off my tooth, although I did find it later, then on my run I was stung by a wasp which I thought nothing of until I woke up in th .. Read More

Loughborough 3k - 8:23(9th) Another ok race. Weather was pretty rubbish and apart from Mellor and Vernon going out hard, everyone else pretty much jogged the first 2k, although Goose and Hay tried to go off pretty hard and suffered a bit later on. Still struggling to find a finish at the end of rac .. Read More

Armagh 5k - 14:24. Great race, great field, and a pretty good time for me. I felt really good during the race and ran the last 200 pretty strong, which is something I have been lacking of late. Even managed to push the pace on at the front of our little group, which is something I very rarely do a .. Read More

Alsager 5 - 8th 24:28 Another race, and another cold and windy day. I was really looking forward to this race even though i did not run super fast last year, again due to the weather. The plan was to start steady due to a slight calf niggle and work hard over the second half once warmed up. Felt pr .. Read More

So I hit the Cross Country on Saturday, I know what your thinking............ Middlesex Champs was the race and Trent Park was the venue - dame hilly. I have won the race twice in the last few years and fancied another crack at winning my title back. Weather - Freezing cold Ground - Frozen Hop .. Read More

Portugal.................   We have been in Portugal for 6 days now and there has been some good and some bad. The bad is I picked up a tummy bug which has not really affected my training, it's just uncomfortable to run at times and a pain in the arse to miss out on some of the yummy food her .. Read More

Relay's are here...................... So 3 days to go until Milton Keynes is a wash with hundreds of runners pounding the road for there teams. From a personal point I'm not a lover of running at Milton Keynes, it always seems windy and a part from 1 year I have never really run that well, altho .. Read More

What a week..................... It all started last Sunday. It was Leah's christening and I was on my way to pick Goolab up and my fuel was running low so I decided to pull in and get some petrol. After paying I jumped back into my pride and joy and headed off to Nicks house which was only round t .. Read More

Well what a manic last few days its been............. First of all there has been a right cock up with the dates for the relays. First it was the 17th, then it was the 10th, and then back to the 17th. During this time we(me & Nick) had booked our warm weather training to Portugal from the 14th .. Read More

First things first............sorry about the lack of posts. I have been super busy at work, being a daddy and training/coaching, but things are getting easier every day. Work has eased down and Leah has started sleeping a whacking 10/12 hours a night.......hopefully this will last. The last 2 week .. Read More

Nicholls is on boardThe first and main news is that I'm now a 2 athlete coach after a certain Phil Nicholls twisted my arm and made me coach him, just like Gooooolab did. There are good and bad things about coaching Nicholls, the bad.......I now don't have the best six pack in the group, or the best .. Read More

Snowed in........................ I have never seen so much snow, ice and chaos in my life.................first it was cold, then came the snow and now we have the ice. Luckily for me the Middlesex Cross has been called off, although my participation was in slight doubt has I can't seem to sh .. Read More

Another year ends, and another b/day for me. I'm still in Northern Ireland with the family, and while typing this Leah is trying to crawl......... with not much luck. Her head is still 90% of her body weight which seems to be hindering her.............god love my little angel. We have had a wonderf .. Read More

Goolab the great! Well what can I say. Silver medal is far more than we both had hoped for and looking back now he was ONLY 1 second behind the gold. Its been 2 years of coaching Nick and when you look back over that time he has proved that he can handle the pressure and pull the big races out .. Read More

Hello The good news...... First of all, sorry for the lack of posting. I have been super busy with fatherhood, husbandhood, training, coaching, and attending few Christmas parties. Training has been ticking over pretty well, although I have not done any big mileage weeks I still feel pretty fit. .. Read More