Many people here run with a dog? I tend to leave our one-year-old black lab behind if it's over four miles (always trail) but otherwise she comes along – occasionally I have to jump over her but it really makes the run more interesting! – Matt

was deemed well enough for work then I can run.Once that was out of the way, I went to a parkrun with Hashette. I wore my new trail shoes because of the snow (and mashed one of my toes - mmm nice red sock) but still slid around. I came in last in 42:19 but I

with pressure awardThis one goes to long jumper Irving Saladino from Panama. Trailing Italy's Andrew Howe with just one, final jump remaining, Saladino was forced to wait for the women's 400m hurdles final medal ceremony before taking to the runway. Added

; the first marathon I ran sub-3:30; sitting in the middle of Dartmoor watching the sun come up after running ten miles in the dark to get there; running down a mountain trail in Spain with the sea 20 miles away sparkling in the distance and the smell