Well the day finally came on Saturday when along with 4,999 others I got the opportunity to run 5 miles around the London 2012 Olympic Park and finish inside the Olympic Stadium down the home straight in front of thousands of applauding spectators. A day that will be long remembered. Regular readers will know that …
St Lukes Hospice 10 mile at Fords Dunton
I had a great morning out today at a 10 mile road running race. It was held at the Ford Motor Company site at Dunton in Essex and took in their vehicle test track and the perimeter roads around the site. The run was a charity event in aid of St Lukes Hospice in Basildon and was …
#TwitterRoadRace 2012
I took part in the very first global Twitter 5k road race yesterday and it was great. The event was organised by Doug Cassaro of Washington, DC who goes by the Twitter handle of @seedougrun and he used his blog I run because... to manage (very well I might add) registration, race day info, posting times and providing the results. …
Greenwich Park Mo-Running 10K
As part of my movember activities I took part in the Mo-running London 10K this morning in Greenwich Park. I was doing the event partly to raise funds for the Movember charities and you can visit my mo webpage at http://mobro.co/noynek and donate if you would be so kind. Got up early and got there …
It’s that time of year again #Movember
I appear to have signed up to grow a mo for movember. Movember - if you don't know - is all about increasing awareness of mens health issues and particularly the two main causes of premature death in men - prostate and testicular cancer. In raising awareness the aim is also to raise funds for …
Olympic 100m here I come!
Whilst on a family day trip to London today I received the brilliant news that - along with 4,999 others - I will get to take part in the National Lottery Olympic Park Run on 31st March 2012 and cross the finish line on the 100m straight in the Olympic Stadium watched by 10,000 spectators …
Leigh-on-Sea 10K
Did my second ever 10K road race this morning and wanted to do better than my first 10K a couple of weeks ago on the hottest October day on record. You can read about that event here. This 10K was organised by Leigh-on-Sea Striders running club and had around 500 competitiors. It was perfect conditions …
Southend 10K – I survived it!
Okay. So a quick blog about the Southend 10K road race that I took part in today. I was runnning in aid of Havens Hospices and if you wish to donate to the cause and support my efforts then you can do so here. Back in April/May I decided I needed to get fit and …
