I am very much looking forward to the National next weekend. It promises to be one of the highlights of the endurance calendar and this year we are fortunate as the race returns to its spiritual home of Parliament Hill in London. I was once told that Athletics Weekly always gets a good spike in read .. Read More

Whilst I know this is a running blog, I have been interested with the progress of the Times newspaper's recent cycling campaign, which can be found on the attached link:http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/contact    I see that the campaign has already provoked a Parliamentary .. Read More

Even in the run up to a race which you have been focused on for a long time, it's very easy to get distracted by external pressures in the days leading up to the competition, or even on the day itself. The absolute classic is getting lost, stuck in traffic or somehow having your travel plans disrupt .. Read More