Tag Archives: Women’s Running

Strathspey Double

Strathspey Double - Steam train and carriages

Hi Coach, One of the amusing things we (Planman and me) realised early in our running ‘career’ is that when normal (not runners) people ask you about your race, they really don’t want any more than ‘it was good, thanks’. Eyes glaze over and interested smiles become fixed and (if you persist) painful when you […]

Dick Wedlock and the Masterplan

Prize giving

Hi Niece! It’s a solemn affair, lining up at the start of a race when you’ve properly tapered according to ‘the book’…no excuses to hide behind if you have a disappointing run. This was supposed to be our real life trial of consecutive week 10k and half-Marathon races to see if it’s really feasible to […]

Semi Marathon de Paris

Paris by night

Hi Niece 😀 You know how people always seem to start races with all their excuses for why they aren’t going to be very good today? Well Uncle Planman and me were trotting along on the ‘easy 2 miles’ start of a ‘hard long run’ today chatting about Paris and I said I thought our […]

DUNE

Runners going up the hill in DUNE Half Marathon

Hi Niece They bill this one as DUNE, the Cross Border Half Marathon (no passport required – yet!) and there’s no sand in sight. The name is because it goes to Dundalk (DU) in the south of Ireland from Newry (NE) in the north.  It’s always a bit chancy entering races in early February…and sure […]