years ago. It was a great experience and one i definately want to repeat. My time wasent great though because unfortunately my training partner was very run down on the day of the race so i ran with him

I was persuaded to enter the Great North Run 2009 and hadn't run more than 3 miles before. I trained and managed to run the whole way and felt great at the finish! I started in the pink zone (ooer

Having run 9 London marathons, and coming 2nd in my age category in 1992 and again in 1993, I trained really hard for the 1994 race, I was putting in 143 miles a week during my high mileage weeks

that I would ever run again and there would be a likelihhod that my walking would be affected. After two years of intense physio and now having returned to training 3-4 times a week in the gym and at least

bad, especially considering how good I was 18 years ago. So I persevered, I did weight training, cycling and played indoor soccer and squash which developed my aerobic abilities once again

came and I actually finished in just over 35 minutes. My best efforts to keep up the training all went to pot when last year I signed up again and started again training in earnest. Now at school I

-mara) the result of uninterrupted training due to slightly improved technique, stretching & regular sports massage.Steep decline from spring 2009.....not yet reversed, but still trying... Other PBs: 600m: 1

and train in Nike Kantaras (currently alternate two pairs). My 12 and 13 year old daughters now swim faster than me over 400m (and they're getting faster and I'm getting slower)so I'm considering next season

. The marathon was a wonderful experience which i hope to repeat in 2003. The disappointing aspect was my finish time (6hrs47mins) which was due to injuries to my running partner during the race. I trained hard

with all the time cycle training ( although I enjoyed it, it took too long). Did a 10k, then a 10 miler , then a 1/2 , then a full marathon. Settled on marathons as being my best event..pb 3 05 and decided I