try harder.'This event is one of the venerable fixtures in the UK race calendar. Long renowned for its riverside route and early start (8:20am), the breakfast run always draws a big crowd, and this year total numbers topped the 3,000 mark for the first

and plenty of runners who'd travelled a distance to take part.The route, run mostly on roads but with a small trail section through some woods and a mile-long stretch across Hinton Airfield, was encouraging enough to induce a gung-ho approach, but with more

for next year, as well as working up contingency plans in the unlikely event of repeat weather. It would be churlish to dwell on the negatives of what was overall an impressive event that is undoubtedly a great thrill to run under normal conditions

.Organised by the team behind the London Marathon, the Great City Race is a 5K that brings out the primal instinct in most of the 6,000 or so runners who attend this sellout annual summer event.Although it is an individual race, the USP here is the chance to compete

became so cold you thought frostbite was imminent and you entered a sort of chicken and egg situation whereby in order to warm up again you needed to get back running asap, but because you were SO cold running was actually quite difficult to do

to Barnsley. You can find out more about the project at the12in12.com/hope-tour and follow Kerry on Twitter at @RWKerry.Our day in three wordsFrom the runners:Matt: ‘Cold. Relaxing. Done.’Kerry: ‘Nutrition strategy needed.’Sarah: ‘Glad we’ve started

Apologies for not posting another blog sooner. Injuries, slower pace and thus more time on my feet running (shuffling) has meant less time for doing this sort of thing. Here’s a summary of days 3-6:Day three: Barnsley to Chesterfield