Matt Gets Running

Just like to say a big “thank you” to my spon­sors for the Bris­tol 10K! In total, I raised £135. That’s matched by my com­pany to make £270, and count­ing the gift aid we’re at £301.03 for Saint Peter’s Hos­pice. That’s a fab res­ult, so thanks, all! I’d ima­gine I won’t be shak­ing my virtual […]

The Bris­tol 10K was my first race, this time last year. It’s a good, fun race, with a whole lot of people — 9,000 fin­ished this year — and it’s right on my door­step. It only takes me twenty minutes to get to the start line, and then we run right back past my flat […]

It has not been a bril­liant run-up to the Bris­tol 10K. I feel pretty good, mind you, and I’m sure there’ll be no prob­lem doing it. But I’d had hopes of los­ing more weight (I’ve plat­eaued since I was ill a few weeks ago. I’m well now, just not back on the wagon.) And I […]

  I’ve been tak­ing it easy since the Bath Half, giv­ing myself some recov­ery time, though I did man­age to wander out for a 5K last Sunday, and a 5K today, too. But my thoughts recently have been more on eat­ing than on exer­cise. Because, des­pite tak­ing up jog­ging, my weight has been remark­ably static. […]

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 — at […]

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, […]