Run for your Life

     There wasn't a cloud in the sky as we set off to run the Harrogate 10K road race  on Sunday. The lightest of breezes was struggli...

Together after the Langdale ½ marathon, 2010     Last weekend marked a very special anniversary. In July 1991 I received a note from a...

Bee orchid      It's been a relaxing weekend of walks by the Wharfe, bee and butterfly orchids, strawberries and cream, raspberry ...

The seven mile route that decided I was fit to race again.   ...after our annual camping holiday at Higher Moor in beautiful Cornwall...

     Like thousands of others I started running to lose weight and restore my neglected body to some sort of fitness. Manual work had kept m...

       Last week I'd a bit of a clear out. My wardrobes, cupboards and drawers have got so full I'm hanging things over the backs of...

      I'm not sure what to do about this confounded calf muscle that continues to ache and tighten every time I run. It's really cra...

      Another week has gone by and the Old Runningfox is still some way from racing fitness.  I've missed two scheduled races so far and...

      With no pain-killers or anti-inflammatories to calm my troublesome calf muscle over the last two days I was a bit apprehensive about g...

I climbed onto the scales   a week ago and didn't like what I saw. From a reasonable 140.8 lbs I'd soared to 145.2 lbs. The clever m...

      I wish I was more computer literate, or even literate. I thought it might be a good idea whilst I've still got the galloping trots...

Running the Mossdale track..... It started off well enough last Friday, the occasion of my 79th birthday (God, have I been around that lo...

..... we never got to Keswick to run the ½ marathon on May 1st. A painful swelling on the ball of my wonderful partner's foot put paid ...

Iona Abbey Nine days of relaxation on three of our favourite islands is hardly an appropriate way to train for a long, hilly race....

Last Saturday was a funny sort of day but unfortunately not very ha-ha. In view of a forthcoming hilly half marathon, at Keswick, I decided ...

Sunnyside farm in the picturesque little village of Arkendale certainly lived up to its name. Blue skies, balmy Spring air and birdsong gree...

New bit of bling.... The weather was cool with high cloud and hazy sunshine for Sunday's 10 mile Championship race at Thirsk. This wa...

A summary of last weeks activity - and reasons for inactivity. Monday:  Feeling a wee bit blah after fifteen miles at the weekend but set...