by Richard Brawn | Jun 20, 2021 | Road_Reports
There isn’t much that Pete Thompson hasn’t done in running terms to be fair. He’s ran the entire route of the Tour de France… He’s run a marathon in all 44 European countries on consecutive days… He’s run a 2:25 marathon....
by Richard Brawn | Jun 19, 2021 | Road_Reports
Towards the beginning of the year a day at the races would have seemed a very distant and unrealistic prospect. Fast forward six months and with the vaccine rollout going swimmingly it seems like life is slowly getting back to normal. That includes running races of...
by Richard Brawn | Jun 12, 2021 | Road_Reports
The seemingly endless months of lockdown restrictions and minimal social interaction have been frustrating to say the least, for a variety of reasons. For the running community, it’s been difficult with the absence of parkrun, the lack of opportunity to train...
by Richard Brawn | Jun 6, 2021 | Road_Reports
Coming in off the back of a few very strong duathlon performances, Harry Smith had good reason to be confident heading into The Huntsman Tri event where he was competing in the Standard distance triathlon. That meant he’d be undertaking a 1100m swim, a 33km...
by Richard Brawn | Jun 5, 2021 | Road_Reports
One day he was at the clinic receiving his second Pfizer vaccine injection and the next he was embarking upon a three marathons in three days adventure at the Devon Coast Challenge! It was a real sign of the times for Andy Gillespie. But having seen some of the...
by Richard Brawn | May 30, 2021 | Road_Reports
Staged on the rough and rugged and, at times, unforgiving slopes of Swanage, the Maverick Adidas Terrex Original Dorset is one of those types of events that will put absolutely any runner through their paces. Some of the inclines are so steep that they literally stop...