A 10k and a marathon in one day

The women's Olympic marathon was in town yesterday, but before reporting for cheering duty, there was a small matter of a 10k to run first. I'd recruited two friends to join me for the Regent's Park 10k, a three lap race round one of London's parks. It's the most fun you can have on a [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:09+01:006 August 2012|

2012 Olympic marathon route in pictures

In exactly one year's time the women's marathon of the 2012 Olympic games will be underway right here in London. In celebration of this fact, last night I ran one lap of the 8 mile loops that the women's and men's marathon compertitors will do three times on the official course. And for your viewing [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:30+01:005 August 2011|

2012 London Olympics

I don't know about you but I'm already far too excited about the 2012 Olympics coming to London. Last night I watched 'Cool Runnings' for about the tenth time which further stoked the flames of my Olympic fever. I'm tempted to go as far as to buy a diary ridiculously early so that I can write down two very [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:34+01:0021 February 2011|

London 2012 marathon route

The route for the London 2012 marathon has been revealed and there's been a lot of anger in the press that the route will not take in parts of East London as originally planned. Instead the route will involve three 8-mile laps of the tourist hotspots of central London.The new route will start in The [...]

2017-06-23T07:40:43+01:005 October 2010|
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