I initially started running to lose weight. I had no real interest in racing or PBs, instead I did it purely to burn calories. And it worked. Running made me look and feel better. But as I carried on I started to sign up to the odd race here and there. I suddenly realised IContinue reading “An Evolving (Ageing) Runner”
Tag Archives: Half-marathon
Lincoln Half Marathon
As races go, the 2016 Lincoln Half Marathon was kind of a big deal. Not just for us (it’s our home city), but also because of the fact that it’s the first time the city has held a half marathon in 25 years. So when we heard it was happening we jumped at the chanceContinue reading “Lincoln Half Marathon”
Hackney Half Marathon
We’ve run a few hot races in our time. One was a 10k in Cyprus in the Summer, one was the Madrid marathon and one was the Hackney half marathon two years ago. That last one took place in June so we were kind of expecting it to be hot. This year’s seemed about tenContinue reading “Hackney Half Marathon”
Richmond Half Marathon
If you live in South West London, you’re pretty spoilt when it comes to 10ks and half marathons. We know because we’ve done most of them. Strangely we didn’t get a chance to take part in the inaugural Salomon event last year though, no idea why. But ho-hum, we were free this year, and basedContinue reading “Richmond Half Marathon”
Kingston Half Marathon
We’ve said it before and we’ll no doubt say it again. South West London is a hell of a nice place to go running. You’ve got some of the best parks in London, arguably the nicest bit of the Thames, amazing buildings, and if it’s a post run-run brunch you’re looking for then you’re spoiltContinue reading “Kingston Half Marathon”
Worthing Half Marathon
Not going to lie, we’d never heard of Worthing before. And yes, that may well be because we’re ignoramuses, but that’s beside the point. The fact we’d never set foot there before is a very good thing. A race on fresh ground is what we like; new scenery, new faces, new roads. It’s difficult toContinue reading “Worthing Half Marathon”
Oxford Half Marathon
If someone said to you “pick a nice UK city to do a half marathon”, the chances are Oxford is going to crop up somewhere in your thought process. As cities go it’s got a lot going for it; architecture, history, parks, a pretty good university. It’s even got the door and lamppost that gaveContinue reading “Oxford Half Marathon”
Ealing Half Marathon
The Ealing Half Marathon has been one of our favourite races since it’s inception four years ago. It was one of the first major “new” half marathons in London; it was exciting, it was important, it was different. We’d lived in London for almost a decade when the first race took place. Of course weContinue reading “Ealing Half Marathon”
Richmond Running Festival
We don’t do awards at The Allrounder, but if we did we’d probably put Richmond Half marathon as a front-runner for our favourite half marathon (note to self: look at doing awards). We were meant to take part last year but injury meant we had to skip it. We’d heard good things though and saw hundreds ofContinue reading “Richmond Running Festival”
Run Hackney Half Marathon
New races are cropping up all over the place at the moment, literally dozens of the things, and not just little ones either. We’re talking events with thousands of runners just appearing almost out of nowhere. We’ve taken part in quite a few of them over the past couple of years. Some of them areContinue reading “Run Hackney Half Marathon”
