race report

Race details The Essar Four Villages Half Marathon was held on the 17th January 2016 in Helsby, England (and surrounding villages). It was my first half marathon, and I finished it in 1:26:50. More information about the race can be found here. Travel and accommodation Helsby is fortunately

In 2015 I ran the Chester Metric Marathon. After completing the race someone mentioned that if I trained properly I could be a good runner. Running a marathon had crossed my mind at numerous points over the previous years, and as such I decided that I would train and try

On Sunday 7th August I ran the York 10k - My first ever 10k. I finished in 37:47 (official time) coming in 50th place out of 5,000+ participants. Awesome ! More information about the race can be found here. Training 25 hours before the race started I was sat

Race details The ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon was held on the 10th April 2016 in Manchester, England. It was my first marathon, and I finished it in 3:08:23. More information about the race can be found here. ![I actually took this after the race ;)](/content/images/2016/04/

Race details The Village Bakery Wrexham Half was held on the 14th February 2016 in Wrexham, Wales. It was my second half marathon, and I finished it in 1:28:59. More information about the race can be found here. Training Following on from the Essar Four Villages Half I

Race details The MBNA Chester Metric Marathon was held on the 4th October 2015 in Chester, Wales. It was my first metric marathon, and I finished it in 1:52:55. More information about the race can be found here. Travel and accommodation We chose Chester because of its proximity