“Armbands To Ironman” (Fast track!)
Some 50yrs ago aged just 5yrs old I had a drowning accident whilst staying at a caravan holiday park on a family holiday. The accident happened when I fell head first in to a...
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Hard and Fast Relay 2019
On the 23rd August 2015 I suffered a cardiac arrest. Since then I’ve done everything I can to promote education around cardiovascular disease and CPR. On the 3rd April 2016 Gary Jarvis and I...
12 of 12: Saxon 5
My training has taken a real hit of late. This has been a combination of my commute getting me in to Ipswich too late to get over to Felixstowe, my diet not settled with...
11 of 12: Richard Bennett Felixstowe Coastal 10M
Prelude Quote from my last blog post I’ve got the Coastal 10 next, so will need to put a little bit of distance work in before then… let’s get to work! From Robert Burns’ poem To...
10 of 12: Twilight 10k
In 2016 I marshalled the Twilight races; sat out in the far reaches of tumbleweed country (aka the football stadium tunnel). To be fair I had a great time. They’d failed to get the...
8 and 9 of 12: Ekiden and Brantham 5
I’ve been quite busy recently, so missed the chance to get my Ekiden report in, in my usual timely manner. So here it is… bolted on to my Brantham 5 report. Ekiden is a...
6 of 12: Kirton 5
I’ve not even run 100meters since Woodbridge. I had planned to take in an easy Brandon parkrun on the 19th May as we were on a brief holiday at Center Parcs, however one of...
5 of 12: Woodbridge 10k
I’ve run Woodbridge 10k three times already. So when Robin popped this on the list I was elated and relieved; not that there was ever any doubt. This is a favorite event for FRR,...
4 of 12: Thorpeness Heritage Half Marathon
So I’m now a third into the selection Robin has made for me. This is the last long run on the schedule (if you don’t count the Coastal10), and right up to the start...
3 of 12: Bungay 10K
Last year I spectated, and took some video footage of the Bungay Festival of Running. And while I thoroughly enjoyed spectating at such an amazing event, I was chomping to get an opportunity to...
