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Wandering the World

Stories and tips from around the world.

Running

This page lists the posts for the runs I’ve blogged about and details which upcoming runs I’ll be taking part in. For race reports from previous years I’ve organised them by year.

PRs by Distance:

  • 1 Mile: 5:53
  • 5K: 17:52
  • 10K: 38:37
  • Half Marathon: 84:42
  • Marathon: 3:12:26

Upcoming Races…

  1. October 6th 2024 - Principality Cardiff Half Marathon
  2. October 13th 2024 - Leicester Half Marathon
  3. October 27th 2024 - Northolt 10K
  4. November 17th 2024 - Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon
  5. April 6th 2025 - Generali Berlin Half Marathon
  6. April 27th 2025 - adidas Manchester Marathon
  7. May 31st 2025 - Rwanda Impact Marathon

Also, a few blog posts about one off events, and topics relating to running:

Tags: race run running sports

Recent Trips

Cyprus
I didn't expect to be going back to Cyprus for a third time; though the timing of the marathon there, and knowing the conditions for it there would be warmer than in the UK made it a good choice. Carm…

Denmark
At the start of our Super Halfs journey, we set off for Copenhagen to do the first in this six race series that spans Europe. It was a chance for us both to explore a city neither of us had been to be…

Vienna
> “And I’ll dance with you in Vienna, I’ll be wearing a river’s disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photograph…

Hungary
Budapest is a city my sister has wanted to visit for several years as she thought "the buildings look cool". Having changed my mind about returning to Greece just yet, I decided this would be a good o…

Cyprus
My first trip to Cyprus had been for a half marathon race that never took place. It'd been postponed until 2022, but due to timings I decided to defer until the 2023 event as it'd work better that way…

More Trips…

Recent Races

Leicester Half Marathon
Another week, another half marathon. Could I edge closer to being a sub-90 runner again, and beat Copenhagen and Cardiff? I certainly wasn't sure, but I was going to give it a go.…

Principality Cardiff Half Marathon
The second of the Super Half series, and one as close to home as we'd get. Though maybe races being closer to home don't always mean they're going to be easier to get to...…

The Big Half

Rutland 10K

Guernsey Ultra 36 #GU36

More Running…


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