Tag: Running

  • Running: Berlin Marathon 2021

    The Berlin Marathon is part of the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Major series which currently has six members, including Boston, Chicago, London, New York and Tokyo. You collect stars for each of these majors and when you complete all six you get the biggest and greatest medal of all time. Taking part in Berlin would […]

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  • Running: Great North Run 2021

    Time: 1:47 The controversy surrounding the Great North Run in 2021 had been massive when they announced the route would be changed and no longer finish in South Shields. It would be in Newcastle to Gateshead and then back to Newcastle to finish. Obviously living in South Shields and walking home from the finish line […]

  • Running: Virtual London Marathon 2020

    The decision to sign up for the Virtual London Marathon was a little bit of a late one. The reason I decided to sign up was to test my fitness levels and really see where I was in terms of the 26.2 mile distance. Considering two marathons had been cancelled this year. The price to […]

  • 125 Days of Running!

    I love running and over the past 10.5 years have become truly obsessed with it, especially going for the World Marathon Majors and having that as the big ultimate goal. Obviously I was supposed to do the Tokyo Marathon back in February and that was the first to fall to the coronavirus with only six […]

  • Running: Tokyo Marathon 2020 – CANCELLED

    It’s been one week now since the announcement that the Tokyo Marathon 2020 would be cancelled for general runners, but the elite runners 200-300 of them could still take part due to the growing concern of the Coronavirus in Japan. This was the news that I was truly hoping would not happen but to make […]

  • Running: Chicago Marathon 2019

    Chicago Marathon 2019 Everything from the expo, to the start line, during the race and the finish line!

  • Running: Great North Run 2018

    Last year I fell back in love with the Great North Run and it made me realise I could push harder with my running. So from that I did the Run Everyday in January challenge, Manchester and London Marathon’s in April and then the Sunderland half marathon and Gateshead 10k. Two events that I have […]

  • Running: London Marathon 2018

    Sunday 21st April 2018 Time: 5:19 (Course record)

  • Running: Manchester Marathon 2018

      Sunday 8th April 2018 Time: 4:47 (PB)

  • Running: New York Marathon

    Still trying to get my head around this! I will be running in New York City in November this year to take part in the marathon. Some how I managed to get picked in the draw for the 2018 run! This is the second time I had put my name down to do it, even […]