Sep
10
Day4 – Yawn – do we have to go? Yes, it is far easier just to get up a bit earlier, run, do the morning routine, and go to work. Saturdays should be a bit nicer on the system, with a little lie-in, no alarm. But being Day 4, we are still quite keen, so [...]
Sep
08
Day 2 – Up again before the alarm (blame David, I can’t see this happening on the weekend!), and this time out in the pre-dawn, but just as the first birds were up. Around the block and home again, and yes, both on the early ferry. Another day, another run, another tick! By the way, [...]
Sep
06
We must be keen, we were up before the alarm went off! Out the door five minutes later into the dawn for a ‘little trot around the block’, as David says. A lovely Spring morning, and it rained last night, so everything was fresh. We had magpies warbling at us, and even a lone kookaburra [...]
Sep
01
Oh no! We are now in September, and turning the page on the calendar, I can now see the words, ‘run, run, run…’ on every day for 14 days from the 7th. Yes, soon David and I will join Andy in spirit, and run our 3 miles a day for the last two weeks of his [...]
Aug
17
Well there we were – helping break the Guinness Book of Records for the number of people in a sporting event doing stretches (ha! Last recorded by a group in London at about 9000 people – we were over 20,000! We beat you!) with a very relaxed crowd. Then we were gone – a [...]
Aug
14
I while back I asked our Club Chairman Dave Porter to pen a few lines on why you should consider a running club and how to choose the right one for you. Here’s his superb advice on the subject… Running competitive or just a fun runner?! You should always find support from joining your local [...]
May
28
David promised a celebratory blog post for my 250th day on his favourite running scenes from films. Today is my 250th day. Here it is… With our ‘Running Man’ Andy attracting all the attention it’s easy to forget about the many more important runners out there. I’m talking about those who live in a world [...]
Feb
08
Hello Andy Just when you thought you were on top of it…well, we thought this might make you laugh! Everyone finds their own challenges. Yesterday I completed another of mine –my first ocean swim! Conditions were good and the water was lovely, and with a group of ‘back of the pack’ ers, I headed off [...]
Dec
12
You may remember from the first run and several since, my good friends Michelle and David. Sadly they’ve escaped this island for one the other side of the world. Can’t think why Anyway, I asked them for a guest blog post on their recent hot santa run and here it is… —————————————————————————————- The Santa Run [...]
Oct
11
Good friend of 1095miles.com Alex Kyprianou ran the Melbourne 10k this weekend in one of our t-shirts – a stirling effort. Here’s his account of the day. We heartily recommend his excellent blog There’s a new kid in town: or the king is dead (dying) – long live the king! My tenure as fastest person [...]
