Archive for September 2008

Windsor Half Marathon

Yesterday saw a trip to Windsor to run in the 26th Windsor Half Marathon. A 1pm start saw an odd morning routine based around deciding when to eat and then travelling early to avoid the traffic.
A bit before the start of the race I went for a slow warm up. This did not have the [...]

A Weekend in Sussex

This past weekend I travelled down to near Brighton for the SE Sprint and Relay Championships. We stayed at Blacklands Farm Campsite, which had basic toilet and shower facilities and a large camping field. The weather over the weekend was reasonable, except on Sunday morning there was a thunderstorm that started just after we had [...]

SE Relay Championships

Following on from the SE Sprint Championships was the South East Relay Championships, taking place in Stanmer Park and the University of Sussex. I was running in a non-competitive, due to being out of region, handicap team with my parents.
Dad had first leg and set out well on the middle length course. His course had [...]

SE Sprint Championships

At the weekend I travelled down to Sussex for the South East Sprint and Relay Championships. For the past two weeks I have been training heavily and I was not sure how my legs would feel trying to run fast.
SE Sprint - Race 1
I started well. For the first four controls my navigation and running [...]