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Congleton Parkrun

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A good turn out from South Cheshire Harriers today. 13 runners getting their speed work in for the week with many still recovering from the London marathon. Lesley knocked a massive 44 seconds off her 5k time and I set a new course record for my age group by over a minute. Continue reading “Congleton Parkrun”

Market Drayton 10k

Sunday 12 May 2013 the weather forecast was for heavy rain so we weren’t very keen to run this, however we were lucky and although cool the weather stayed dry until we were on our way home.

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Lesley’s London Marathon

0019tOn Sunday 21st April 2013 I ran my first marathon – the Virgin London Marathon (VLM). We has spent December and January in Spain in the motor home and training conditions were excellent – warm, dry and sunny every day and lots of varied running around La Manga on the Costa Calida. In February we went to the French Alps to ski and I did no running for the whole month. So when we came back to the UK I had to work hard to get the training back on track before I started tapering three weeks before the marathon. The weather was cold and wet, not what we had hoped to come back to in the spring. Continue reading “Lesley’s London Marathon”