An unexpected message telling me a friend was running Stoney Middleton Fell Race pricked my ears and helped me decide that if I could make it back from work in…

I’d been eyeing up Ladybower trail marathon for a couple of months before I finally decided that I wouldn’t bother. I’d already run the White Peaks marathon this season and…

It takes a certain level of friendly camaraderie, or stupidity to book yourself onto a marathon. But after a successful couple of reccy runs where I’d upped my mileage, I…

Commuting between Sheffield and Manchester on the train each week stirs up a yearning to get out and explore Edale’s skyline. Every time the train slinks speedily through the valley…

When the peaks are calling, I can’t help but lace up and head out into the hills for a long run exploring the Yorkshire countryside, whatever the weather. The weather…

It only takes a few words of encouragement from friends to find yourself standing at the start line of your first half marathon. “Book onto the Sheffield half marathon,” Rose said.…

After an exciting few months of work, I’d arranged a short excursion up to the Lakes to meet a couple of clients in Keswick and bag the first Lakeland Trails…

Sunday morning and the alarm clock goes at 7:30 am but it’s not Monday… That means one thing, it must be race day and Mickleden Straddle is calling. In the…

‘New Year, New Me’, so the saying goes. My ambition for 2018 was to step further into running and to ensure I fulfilled this goal, I applied some pressure by…