The weather forecast for the weekend had been for rain, rain, and more rain! The Met Office had issued weather warnings for flooding. Not a great picture for the Stockport Community Cycling Club ride along the Ashton Canal. Not only that but Sarah has been feeling somewhat under-the-weather recently, and just as she begins to recover it seems I am now beginning to struggle with a virus too. So it was against this background that we began the day. At…
Sunday was the Greater Manchester Marathon 2015. As many of you already know, the training plan went to pot during the last couple of months and we were not feeling at all confident before the event. Sunday was a pleasant day weather wise, cooler than the previous day and a good day for running. The event started on the dual carriageway near White City, close to Old Trafford football ground. The actual start line was the big sign over the…
Good Friday was the Salford 10k 2015 race hosted by Salford Harriers. It was a very wet start to the day and the forecast was heavy rain all day. The race started at Salford Sports Village. When we arrived, it had almost stopped raining, just a bit drizzly. I has not been struggling to fight off a virus all week, Andy was now recovered from his. Arriving at start point, I was really tired and Andy was very determined! …
Sunday 22nd March was the 2015 Wilmslow Half Marathon. It is not an event that we have not done before. The start was on Kings Road near the Wilmslow Rugby Club at 10:30. The event was full well before the date of the event, there being 5000 entries. As the event was being chip timed, there were sign posts along Kings road showing expected finish times, up to the 2 hour mark. We started by this sign as we were hoping…
Sunday 8th March was the Trafford 10k 2015. It was a race that was part of the Bramhall Runners race series. However the weekend hadn’t started to well – when I got home from work on Friday , I was incredibly tired and seemed to get more so as the night went on. We had planned to go on the cycle club ride on the Saturday but had to decide against it because I was so tired. We decided on…
