My Liverpool marathon journey this year started at the back end of 2018 when I had already received my rejection email from London marathon. Like thousands of others who were disappointed rather than trying to get a charity place I looked to another marathon, in another City on a different weekend. But which was it…
Ashby 20 Race Report
I was really keen to get this race under my belt not least of all because I hadn’t really completed a 20 mile training run and if truth be known really tested myself at race pace. Unfortunately a couple of weeks or so prior to the Ashby race I picked up a chest infection. This…
Disabled Changing Rooms, Ankles and Sex Education
Now I have your attention blogsters, I thought I would give my friends, family and any other cool person who reads this blog an update on the latest happenings in my simple but full on life. My last blog was my race report from the Wollaton Park Cross Country Race guided by the immense Gaz…
Wollaton Park Cross Country 2019 Race Report
These days I have to be inspired and motivated to sit at my PC and start typing. My desk job requires me to be constantly writing emails, reports or listening to work related documents. So, it’s got to not feel like work. So, I have been suitably inspired to write this blog… This weekend’s Wollaton…
Looking Forward to a successful 2019
It’s been a while since my last blog back in October where I reflected upon my 3rd Ironman distance race. I said that I would take a break from Ironman for at least 12 months and those closest to me didn’t think I could tear myself away from the obsessive compulsive drudgery of training and…
Power of Diversity
I first met Bushra Ali around two years ago. We had both been asked to speak at an event being run by the then Chief Executive of the Leicestershire Aids Support Service. Bushra was on first and gave a personal account of how she had got in to law. I didn’t know anything about Bushra…
Another go at the World Record Ironman Triathlon
It was a throw away comment I made to Mike Myers, a BTF coach, after the 2017 National Paratriathlon championships (which incidentally I won), “I’d have another pop at the Ironman Triathlon World Record if I could find a guide willing to help me.” To which he replied, “I think I know someone who could…
Getting ready for my next World Record attempt
Well it’s been a good old slog to get to where I am today (23 September 2018). Only 2 more weeks to go until Ironman Barcelona where I go for breaking my own World Record as the fastest official Blind Ironman time (11 hours, 3 minutes and 28 seconds). If you are interested in my personal journey of…
London Marathon 2018 – It takes two to tango
This was my 4th London marathon and one I was very much looking forward to. I had deferred my good for age 2017 entry due to a stress fracture of my left foot and it had been two years since my last stand alone marathon which was in fact in 2016 guided by Tim Hemming….
Great unexpected happenings at the Gloucester 20 Mile race
With some pretty ropey weather over the winter which continued far too long in to the spring period I was hoping for some favourable conditions for the Gloucester 20 Mile race on 25 March 2018. I had booked the race before Xmas after consulting my guide David Chapman who is also guiding me at the…