by Richard Brawn | Sep 28, 2017 | Road_Reports
Now working toward the latter stages of his marathon training, Chris O’Brien decided to take things up a notch and enter the Winchester Half Marathon, the day after completing a 13.1 mile training run at his intended marathon pace. This was always going to be a...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 24, 2017 | Road_Reports
The Purbeck Marathon is indeed, to all intents and purposes, ‘a proper marathon’. The tough hills, muddy and rocky ground and tight and twisty paths ensure that, along with the added distance brining it up to 26.7 miles. It’s enough to challenge even...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 22, 2017 | Road_Reports
The Dorset Road Race League was back in full on Sunday 17th September with the shortest race of the season, the Littledown 5, on the agenda. After a tricky last few fixtures where team captain Rich Nelson had struggled to scrape a team together, it was good to see a...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 15, 2017 | Road_Reports
The New Forest Marathon event comprises of four different races; a marathon, a half marathon, a 10k and a 5k. Bournemouth AC had representation in three out of the four races, with Billy McGreevy entering the marathon, Peter Thompson and Tom Paskins in the...
by Richard Brawn | Sep 13, 2017 | Road_Reports
As far as flat and fast half marathons go, Maidenhead is up there with the best of them and is renowned as being good potential PB territory. Chris O’Brien made there journey up to Berkshire with the goal of getting under 1 hour 25 minutes for the first time. He...
