I was supposed to be lining up at the Middlesbrough 5K but constant injury problems and not mentally able to push myself hard I decided (or bottled it) to give a new race a go and not chase a time. The recently reformed Washington running club had put this 5K on to help publicise the … Continue reading Bottoms Up Cup 2015
Category Archives: Simon Gardner
As will be probably know by now I’m a lover of relay events so after spectating at this event over the last 3 years I decided to try and organise some teams to represent our club. The event is based in Hetton Lyons park near Houghton Le Spring and is all on Tarmac paths (my … Continue reading Signals Relays
This is a race that I have wanted to do for a while, 2 years ago I was injured and last year I had the very good excuse of being in Australia so thankfully no excuses this year so despite missing the Chelsea home game (thanks a lot BT!) I managed to make the start … Continue reading Norman Woodcock Road Race
A trip down to my sister’s often ends up with a bit of parkrun tourism and this time it was no different: I had a quick look about and my original plan was to go to the Rushcliffe parkrun but a last minute change of heart meant a trip to Mansfield won the day as … Continue reading Mansfield parkrun
Just after the Darlington 10K I was approached by Allan Seheult asking if I would be interested in following a 10K training plan. I immediately said yes but deep down I was worried about if I could physically and mentally follow a tough training plan. I think it’s fair to say I have had a … Continue reading Leeds Abbey Dash 10K
Gateshead Harriers & AC / Quayside Business Forum 5K
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Simon Gardner, Dougie Nisbet
Simon Gardner … Any race that has the magic words flat and Fast in the description gets me interested so despite costing £15! I entered hoping for a reasonable time and a desperate return to some sort of form. I had been struggling recently, my times in track sessions had been very good but the … Continue reading Gateshead Harriers & AC / Quayside Business Forum 5K
After the success of last year’s relay I once again volunteered to organise the teams for the event which is put on by Durham City Harriers. Last year we had 24 runners (8 teams) but this year the demand was even bigger and we had an excellent turnout of 33 runners which made up 11 … Continue reading Summer Cross Country Relays
Following on from my trip down to London was another journey down to my sisters which is about 30minutes from Nottingham so after doing forest rec and colwick parkruns it was an ideal chance to head over to Beeston which just outside of Nottingham. Beeston parkrun has not being going long , I think this … Continue reading Beeston parkrun
After my tired run around Pymmes parkrun I have to say I wasn’t looking forward to the 10K I had entered on the Sunday but hey when in Rome as they say! Like the previous days parkrun this was a 3 lap course but this time set in Clapham common. When I got there (yep … Continue reading Clapham Common 10k
A trip to London to watch England v Sri Lanka at lords but as normal I thought this would be a good chance to do a bit of parkrun tourism. I had previously done Bushy parkrun and also Finsbury park and with bushy being the biggest I thought it might be nice to do the … Continue reading Pymmes parkrun