Matt Gets Running

This month has been pretty slack for me, running-wise. But that’s a fairly con­scious choice. I didn’t want to too much the week before the 10K, and I felt like rest­ing on my lau­rels a bit after it. Plus I nor­mally take it easy after any long jog, and 10K def­i­nitely counts! But today I […]

So, hav­ing checked I’d got every­thing about three times, I set off this morn­ing to walk down to the start of the Bris­tol 10K. Every­thing was very civilised and well-organised. I got a pre­view of what was to come by walk­ing in through what would become the “hand­outs at the fin­ish” sec­tion, where they were […]

Despite what I said last time, I didn’t get a chance to run last week­end, so I’ve had a full week off. Which feels fine to me. And tomor­row, I run the Bris­tol 10K :) I’ll be start­ing off in the sec­ond of the two groups — i.e. with the slow peo­ple, at the back — […]

The Bris­tol 10K is approach­ing. It’s on road signs now, so it must be offi­cial! My plan to do a few runs in this penul­ti­mate train­ing week is going well; I got out for another 5K this evening. I also man­aged to get to the other side of the river before the high tide and […]

“I don’t feel too steady on my feet… ”…I feel hol­low I feel weak” Well, I did a bit. And just as that line in the Stone Roses She Bangs the Drums came around, too. But I had just pow­ered up Bridge Val­ley Road delib­er­ately a bit faster than nor­mal, to see if I could improve […]

Hello, lovely read­ers! You’re look­ing great today. Have you lost weight? Yes, you can tell I’m but­ter­ing you up for some­thing, can’t you? Turns out that it’s only a cou­ple of months until the Bris­tol 10K, which is hap­pen­ing on 9th May. My very first race! So, as you might expect, I’m here, cap in hand, […]