A tricky few months ahead....

23 Jul 2016, 8:15 p.m.

After successfully completing Paris Marathon in April this year, I felt awesome. I took 45 minutes off my previous PB and I know I could of gone quicker, Training in a max temperature of 9 degrees to then running 26.2 miles in 21 degrees wasn't great bu...

Return of the MaC/Knee

9 Feb 2016, 3:33 p.m.

So it's Tuesday. I'm having a staycation this week as I am off work using up that left over holiday that I always seem to end up with in February. Not that I'm complaining, I've done all those horrible things you know you need to do but are really borin...

Re-visiting An Old Friend - T...

6 Feb 2016, 2:32 p.m.

Seems I’m not very good at this blogging lark. It's been two years since I’ve re-visited RealBuzz, so why the sudden return? Well first off, writing about your running journey is pretty cathartic and second, I fear I’m starting to jeopardise my non-runn...

Wow, it's been a while...

4 May 2014, 10:34 a.m.

So VLM 2012 Marathon came and went. Best Day of my life. As did VLM 2013, which wasn't as great an experience (you know what's coming your way - say goodbye to blissful ignorance) but myrecovery time was much quicker. It was nice only walking like John ...

#Day 2 - Juneathon

2 Jun 2012, 8:21 p.m.

Day 2 Today involved a very lovely Jubilee Parkrun in Swindon. My first in my home town. Whilst the course is a loop and more of a mind game than anything else, I only went and ran a PB! Get in. Also - more importantly I went today to spur on a very goo...

#Day 1 - Juneathon

2 Jun 2012, 8:17 p.m.

So the first day of Juneathon involved waking up at 4.30am... I had a breakfast meeting for work at 7am which meant a run at 5am was a necessary evil. But it was pretty good - a nice steady 5 miles - considering the earliest I've been out of the door fo...

Juneathon, VLM 2012 & an Epip...

31 May 2012, 9:22 p.m.

I appreciate that my blog space has been a little unlively at present. Apologies for that. But, on the 22nd of April, I ran the London Marathon for Asthma UK and I'm very happy to of smashed my fundraising target. I went through a whole plethora of emot...

The Yorkshire 16

5 Mar 2012, 5:20 p.m.

Hi ya'll Last weekend, I braved the M1, M6, M606 and various country road death traps and finally made my way to a lovely little remote Yorkshire cottage. I saw some beautiful land marks, one of which involved prancing about in a waterfall - so that was...

Bedfords Top Tips, Meet the E...

12 Feb 2012, 9:58 p.m.

Hello Runners, I was fortunate to be able to attend the VLM Meet The Experts day last Sunday. I think it's safe to say, if you intend to run a marathon and put in all the training, you have to be of a certain level of nuttiness....  I hadn't at this poi...

New Years Day, London's Parks...

2 Jan 2012, 8:16 p.m.

Firstly, Happy New Year runners! I hope you all had a spiffing time. I did enjoy quite a mellow one this year in Shepherd’s Bush which was lovely and also marked the end of alcohol consumption until after April. I currently write this blog cuddled up wi...

MEGA tea... Christmas Motivation

19 Dec 2011, 10:47 p.m.

Has anyone bought anything recently on Sportsdirect.com? I'm not a fan of advertising anything really that isn't Theatre however, if you buy stuff from this place, you get a free mug. Now this is pety I agree, however, it basically holds the depth of th...

Injury Strikes... 6 weeks out...

6 Nov 2011, 9:50 p.m.

Last week was not fun  I had a fab few days off work and saw the many sights of Belfast. It was a great week followed off by watching Ghost the Musical back in London with some friends and a late dinner and drinks with friends in Hammersmith. Unfortunat...

On Your Marks Luton 10K

16 Oct 2011, 11:47 a.m.

Well, that, was TOUGH. The thing is with smaller events (have to say it was very well organised and for a great cause) is that if you are a little or a lot slower than the 100 people that set off in front of you, means you can - or in my case, feel pret...

Winter? Really?

2 Oct 2011, 7:30 p.m.

I'm not really certain what's happened to the weather in the last few days but wow hasn't it been great?! As soon as we start preparing for winter, there's a need to unpack the summer wardrobe (albeit for just a week at the end of September) Only thing ...

Have target will run

29 Jul 2011, 9:19 p.m.

So the pre training has been going well. Aside from lots of "you can do it" commitments i'm appreciating a new found mind set of "i'm not just running for me anymore" The reality has well and truly sunk in. I've just signed up for the womens Regent Park...

My First Marathon

10 Jul 2011, 2:52 p.m.

Hello Runners! Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Here you can expect to see tales of forcing myself out of bed to run at the gym, having words with myself to run in torrential downpour and on other occasions, where motivation may be momentaril...