Nick is Beacon’s marathon man

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Nick is Beacon’s marathon man

Seventeen-times marathon runner, including London in 2015 and two memorable visits to Snowdonia. Sub-4 is mine at last!

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Back on it

It was Christmas week when I decided to resume regular running, cautiously optimistic that my injuries were healed and I could look forward to some better race experiences in 2018. So I’m back on it – four times a week, adding distance gradually and mi...

Challenge accepted

After reading blogs about it for three years on the bounce and finding nothing but positive accounts from both runners and spectators alike, I decided to do some research into the Realbuzz marathon-of-choice that is Snowdonia. A few Buzzers have been e...

Lark in the park

So that’s what all the fuss is about.  I guess over a million runners can’t be wrong, so on Saturday I finally broke my parkrun duck and headed to Sandwell Valley in West Bromwich for a 5k dash in the drizzle. My brother has got back into running recen...

The waiting game

In terms of a running blog, this post really won’t take very long at all.  I took part in the Birmingham International Marathon just over four weeks ago and it was only on Monday night that I finally decided to put my trainers on again.  The end! More ...

Man of steel

Do you ever get slightly unnerved by shuffle mode on your music player?  I mean, I know it’s entirely random and whatever comes up from those thousands of digital files is just luck of the draw, but how is it that my iPod can sometime judge the mood of ...

A change of scene

They say a change is as good as a rest, so I tried something different for this week’s long run.  Instead of cramming in the miles early doors on a Sunday morning, I made arrangements to drop my daughter off with her granny on the Saturday instead and h...

Twist and shout

I’ve tried to retain my sense of humour over this little episode and, it has to be said, things could have been an awful lot worse. Picture the scene… I’m four miles into a seven mile Sunday morning tempo run and on the cusp of completing the biggest w...

Iron-men (and women)

I’ll never grumble about running in the heat again.  Bring on the sweat and sunshine, because what I saw last week on my brief visit to the Staffordshire Ironman made me appreciate what battling against the elements really means. To clarify, I had two ...

Great Scot

They say not to meet your heroes in life for fear of disappointment, but that absolutely wasn’t the case when I attended a Great Run forum the other week to listen to a Q&A with distance running experts including the legendary Liz McColgan. The eve...

A good bad day

No doubt about it, the Greater Manchester Marathon is a terrific event.  Not the most scenic or inspiring route, but all the colour and personality comes from the wonderful people who line the streets and cheer you on. For support, it’s about as close a...

Mad for it

Tomorrow morning the Manchester marathon will finally be underway.  Time to put 16 weeks of training into practice and have a third go at the infamous ’26 point 2’. Looking back at the updates I’ve posted along the way I fear some have come across as a ...

Taper tantrums

I read a great article the other week about ‘taper madness’ as a phenomenon and I can relate to pretty much everything it said. Your mind and body find it hilarious to play all sorts of nasty tricks on you as you start to wind the miles back.  For some ...

Super Stafford

Take it easy, they said.  You don’t want to risk an injury, they warned.  You need to start tapering now, they reminded me. Sorry…not listening!  It’s 10am on a gusty Sunday morning and I’ve got my race face on for my first event of the year, the Staffo...

The long game

It’s nearly time to start tapering ahead of Manchester, but before then I have one little challenge left to tackle.  This Sunday is the Stafford Half Marathon, a race I’ve done for the last four years in a row and always thoroughly enjoyed.  It’s usuall...