Couch to The Great North Run – Part 2 Fast-forward four weeks (or click my third-ever Strava activity – your call), and I was back out the door in my trainers. This time, I had one goal: don’t do anything daft. I kept it short – just 24 minutes of run/walk covering 1.8 miles. Sensible. Sensible enough, in fact, that … Read More
How to start running – end up at The Hospital
Part 1: The Couch to The Great North Run In August 2013, I decided to take up running. I didn’t have a plan, or a goal – just a gut feeling that something had to change. I work in IT, so not much physical movement in the day. After a steady climb on the scales, 14 stone on a 5-foot-8 … Read More
Who I am and how this all started… running that is.
Who I am and how I started running. Hi, I’m Kev and I would like to tell you a bit about myself and how I started running. Like most people I’m a bit average at everything, so fitness experts and grammar / spelling Nazis might find some of this stuff painful to read. I never liked running at school which … Read More