Tag Archives: Cross Country

Riddlesdown parkrun this week in our quest to become Lon-done. Only 5 parkruns inside the M25 for me to complete and they’re all the awkward locations that we’ve been diligently ignoring. Thankfully Riddlesdown is easily accessible via the M25 so the mileage may have been high but the journey remained …

What a difference a year makes. My first appearance at Trent Park was the corresponding fixture in 2013. The day after the Eagles Christmas party. I felt awful and the fumes floating around our tube carriage was enough to get fellow passengers pissed as a newt. Scroll forward 12 months …

The National Cross Country Championships. THE bloody NATIONAL freakin CROSS bloody COUNTRY awesome CHAMPIONSHIPS. There can’t be many other sports where you can pay your entry fee and race the national champs alongside the top competitors. Even in running we can all enter the major marathons but you’re not actually …

Hot beverage, Charlie had a pigeon, you’re gonna need a bigger boat, a lovely roast with friends and one last hurrah. My first race of the year and a club outing for the 4th of 5 races in the Sunday Cross Country League. The Son accompanied us on the coach …

The day before the night before, the morning of the night before, the night before, the worst ever run and the umbrella is nearly lost again. How not to prepare for a race… On the Friday I ran a new PB at the Ealing Mile, Saturday morning saw a comeback …

Going on a bear hunt, old school cafe, up & down and round & round then the long journey home. An interesting journey on the Piccadilly Line as we boarded at Acton Town to discover a bear sitting in our carriage. Ok, not actually a real bear but someone so …

Surveying the carnage, big spikes and a tough day at the office. This was a tough race. A tough, tough race indeed. Parliament Hill is unforgiving and with the mud churned into oblivion by all the earlier races, it’s a slog getting round. I loved every minute. I arrived early …

Broken rules, just in time, thou shall not pass, Eagles chin-wag,  low bridge, Lucifer, mud bath and surly service. Last week I came up with a new rule for attending an inaugural parkrun: if I can get there by car or public transport within an hour then it’s fair game. …

Language journey, spikes come out to play, fruit everywhere, narrow, up & down, fast finish and the waiting game. The first cross-country race of the season and my last competition as a ‘senior male’. Sunday League sets your age group for the season based on your age as of the …

My Sunday Cross Country League début took place on the 13th January 2013 as I put on my Eagles vest once more to tackle the Royston hills. The course was fantastic and consisted of slopes, undulations, steep hills, twisting trail paths and short bursts through tree root tackling woodland. Pre-race …

A cold & wet day saw a small group of Eagles accept an invitation to take part in the 2013 Middlesex County Cross Country Championships at the nearby Wormwood Scrubs on the 5th January 2013. The Wormwood Scrubs parkrun takes place at the same location so I was familiar with …

A brief posting to keep my Janathon daily run & blog streak going. Today I travelled to Royston to compete in round five of the Sunday Cross Country League. It was certainly a chilly day and the hilly course looked imposing but it was a fantastic event and the course …