Run for your Life

There are days On paths that zig-zag High into the hills We pass beyond the pain, Catch that tingling in the scalp That tells us soon ...

At 77 years old there are increasingly more times when I want to forget I'm a racing animal. When, for a few days at least, I can disreg...

We left home with umbrellas up on a dark, cold rainy morning en route for Leeds/Bradford airport for a flight to Alicante. For reasons best...

We did it again. The intrepid duo of Longwood Super Vets ventured into the rolling hills of Swaledale yesterday and scored another impressiv...

It's nice to see a church full to capacity with standing room only for late-comers, and that happened in our little village of Hebden la...

We're back, after a wonderful two weeks of good weather, good walking and scrambling - and even a day or two of good running. It was 29...

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Gosh, that was a hard race for geriatrics, but enjoyable in a masochistic sort of way. After a cosy night at Ravencragg on the shores of Ul...

Generally speaking, I enjoy my running, otherwise why would I keep on doing it? But racing is a different matter. It hurts, so apologies to ...

According to Google Earth my town house stands at an altitude of 645ft but most of my training, if you can call it that, involves running ev...

With the Lowther Trail only three weeks away it occurred to me I haven't done much in the way of training for the up and down bits of it...

I bought a Garmin! Running is a simple matter that boils down to just two things, stride length and stride frequency. No-one poo-pooed the u...

It was one of those days when I really felt it's time I took up some more leisurely pursuit, like fishing, when I could sit in the shade...

It took six hours to drive from Yorkshire to our much loved campsite at Crantock in Cornwall. We arrived at John's door at Highe...

It was cold, heaving down with rain and blowing a gale for the start of the Upper Wharfedale ½ marathon so I waited until the very last minu...

According to Look North's Paul the weatherman yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 26ºC in the sh...

I awoke this morning with the galloping trots so didn't get out for my morning run as early as I would have liked. Just as I was ...

This is Old Runningfox's first attempt at blogging and not at all sure how to go about it. Most of what I write will be about running or...