We had been down South for a few days prior to this race and rather than drive all the way back home and having to head back down to Ripley again the next day we thought we would instead treat ourselves to a night in a local inn. The Boar’s Head in Ripley looked nice … Continue reading Guy Fawkes 10
Category Archives: Kirsty Steed
A trip down memory lane in Bristol (I spent six years there as a student) led us to Ashton Court on what the run director quite aptly named “the sunniest November parkrun ever”. It was blazing sunshine and 18 degrees according to the car temperature gauge – bonkers! The setting couldn’t have been nicer either, … Continue reading Ashton Court parkrun
It was a small but select band of Striders who gathered for the Guisborough Moors Fell race, with many others electing to either run or support at the London Marathon, or recovering from theatrical endeavours. It was a glorious day for running wherever you were though, spring has definitely sprung and about time too. Registration … Continue reading Guisborough Moors
More than 25 Striders made the trip to see the Durham Musical Theatre Company perform a Tale of Two Cities at the Gala Theatre in Durham on a warm Tuesday evening. After pre-show nutrition of pizza and some very large beers, we settled in to our seats to enjoy what was to be an excellent … Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities
City of Durham Duathlon
Meadowfield, Durham, Sunday, April 6, 2014
5k run, 25k bike, 5k run
Kirsty Anderson
In the past I have always left the biking to Jon (who is pretty good at it) but over the last year or so I have gradually been sucked in to the world of biking and actually started to rather enjoy it, especially since I bought a beautiful road bike last summer. This summer with … Continue reading City of Durham Duathlon
This race was originally intended as a family get-together but due to drop-outs from my sister-in-law (injured foot) and my two sisters (1. just had a baby and 2. scared that she would get beaten by me) it was just me, Jon and my little brother on the start-line for the Cambridge Half. The remainder … Continue reading Cambridge Half Marathon
After struggling to finish both the inaugural Friday Night Half-Marathon and parkrun I was a bit undecided about what to go for on the Sunday with a large number of options available including the Winter Trail Series, Race for Bob and Claybank East as well as the probably wisest “sit at home and nurse my … Continue reading Old Monks Race
Jon’s turn for relative visiting saw us heading north via Eastbourne after Christmas and never one to miss either a parkrun or a parkrun tourism opportunity we decided to give Eastbourne parkrun a go after a very nice evening spent with his Aunt and Uncle. It’s a reasonably small parkrun with only around 100 regulars … Continue reading Eastbourne parkrun
Jon and I were down on the South Coast visiting my family for Christmas and couldn’t resist squeezing in a parkrun while we were there. Due to a late arrival on Christmas Eve and general knackeredness we accidentally slept in on Christmas Day and therefore had to rush the present opening a bit to get … Continue reading Southampton parkrun
Ok, I’ll admit it, I wanted the GP points. And with that confession the story of how I came to be on the start line of my first ever fell race becomes a lot easier to tell. I’d eyed this one up earlier in the year when the fixtures were published, the need for kit … Continue reading Hexhamshire Hobble