event makes it the perfect way to spend a sunny Wednesday evening. Entire families often attend the event - with the kids racing in the fun run and the parents in the 5K.Like the River Run 5K, the fun run starts and finishes beside the picturesque river
to relax with your finishers medal and take advantage of your free entry to the fair - or head to the nearby golden sandy beach to stretch out tired legs. Enter online now.Battle of Sedgemoor 10K (Somerset, August 29)Don't let the name mislead you
-country chase, heritage will be the last thing on your mind. However, the stunning parkland should be a helpful distraction to your burning legs over the fiercely up-and-down terrain. The parkland used to be home to Ampthill Castle, where Katherine of Aragon
: two phrases I won't be using to describe my experience of the Meon Valley Plod.This 20.3(ish)-mile event was established by the Portsmouth Joggers Club in 1997 as a masochistic 21st birthday present to themselves and has been tweaked almost yearly
estimated time, then pull on your trainers for a flat road race along the River Weaver. Choose from three race distances; a 750m swim/7.5K run; 500m swim/5K run or a 250m swim/2.5K run. Wind down a great season with this fun event, or start your step up
leg. As we drove through the deep mountain passes, Alan and I kept saying things such as "Did you see how steep that was?"Registering for the event is an unceremonious affair. You simply sign a waver and pick up an A4 envelope that contains the rules
and knew this leg was going be hard. "I almost drowned when I was a child, so learning to swim has been mentally tough. I had to stop during the race just to get my bearings, otherwise I was going to panic big time." But with Suffolk within meters
. From there it was just a case of waiting for the rest to complete. We then headed off to Colombes, a short 4.5 mile stroll. Surprisingly this passed very easily as I was concerned that my legs would seize up post-marathon. In fact they feel much better
running shoes, GPS and baseball hat on and was off.Run: 02:35:58This part of the course was pretty hard. I'd done 8 mile runs in brick training. As usual I set off too quickly at 9.30-10 min miles. So consequently got to 8 miles and the legs thought "I can
the following day.Breaking PointDay Nine turned out to be critical: Shades came within a whisker of dropping out of the challenge. "I’d been picking up injuries throughout the event and my calf muscles on both legs were so sore. I owe a great deal to two people
