Why do you have to be a Heartbreaker?
Sometimes, one should pay more attention to the races one books. Just a few seconds thought about this race’s name might have saved me...
Is an ultra-runner a thing?
In the American sitcom Parks & Recreation, Rob Lowe plays an impossibly positive state auditor called Chris Traeger, who runs 10 miles...
The Weald Challenge
When a race has its race HQ at a Chiddingly Primary School in a place called Muddles Green, you know it is going to be a homely, rural...
Mental illness in Manchester
This post is adapted from an article I wrote for my running club magazine. The short version: I trained hard, overcame demons, didn’t...
Becoming someone other
Today I became someone other. Something other than I have previously conceived myself to be. I took my first dose of the antidepressant...
