gradgrind

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Started running in summer 2006, with the odd notion of running the Great North Run. No idea why, it just struck as a fun thing to do. Imagine my surprise when I got a place for October 2007's race. Had to take it seriously from then, and got bitten by the bug. In many ways, running is my sports car, or middle years motorcycle, without most of the dangers involved. Show More...

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Dizzy heights	Aug 2010
Mid Life Crisis	Aug 2010

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21st Apr	General	2.4mi	32:43
20th Apr	General	1.7mi	44:09
18th Apr	General	1.8mi	33:39
17th Apr	General	2.5mi	32:36
14th Apr	General	2.5mi	33:11

12 Month Benchmarks	Run	Bike
Mile	11:53	2:47
5k	39:15	11:14

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Dist	Races	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2019	PB	WB
3mi	1			25:58						25:58 8:39/mi	52.15
5km	26					29:25	27:45			27:45 8:56/mi	51.81
5mi	3		47:53	45:07						45:07 9:01/mi	50.65
10km	11	56:30	57:59	54:43	1:01:32		1:02:13	57:57	1:06:34	54:43 8:48/mi	52.10
13.1mi	3	2:26:30	2:17:38							2:17:38 10:30/mi	44.77

2019		Result	WAVA	Distance
7 Apr	Derby 10k SB	1:06:34	46.60	10km
2013		Result	WAVA	Distance
25 May	conkers parkrun			5km
28 Apr	Derby 10k SB	57:57	50.84	10km
2012		Result	WAVA	Distance
20 Oct	Conkers parkrun			5km
29 Sep	Mansfield parkrun #1	28:55	49.72	5km
22 Sep	Conkers parkrun	30:05	47.79	5km
15 Sep	Conkers parkrun	29:56	48.03	5km
11 Aug	Conkers parkrun	31:17	45.96	5km
4 Aug	Conkers parkrun	32:10	44.69	5km
21 Jul	Conkers parkrun	30:50	46.63	5km
7 Jul	Killerton Parkrun	32:07	44.76	5km
16 Jun	Conkers parkrun			5km
27 May	Vitality London 10,000	1:07:04	43.56	10km
19 May	Conkers parkrun	29:49	48.22	5km
12 May	Conkers parkrun	29:05	49.43	5km
5 May	Conkers parkrun	29:48	48.24	5km
28 Apr	Conkers parkrun	29:21	48.98	5km
21 Apr	Conkers parkrun	28:49	49.89	5km
14 Apr	Conkers parkrun	30:09	47.68	5km
7 Apr	Conkers parkrun	29:20	49.01	5km
1 Apr	Derby 10k SB	1:02:13	46.96	10km
17 Mar	Conkers parkrun	29:12	49.23	5km
3 Mar	Conkers parkrun	30:05	47.79	5km
4 Feb	Conkers parkrun PB	27:45	51.81	5km
28 Jan	Conkers parkrun	29:10	49.29	5km
21 Jan	Conkers parkrun	28:19	50.77	5km
14 Jan	Conkers parkrun	28:41	50.12	5km
7 Jan	Conkers parkrun	28:35	50.30	5km
2011		Result	WAVA	Distance
31 Dec	Conkers parkrun SB	29:25	48.87	5km
24 Dec	Conkers parkrun	29:29	48.76	5km
17 Dec	Conkers parkrun	31:34	45.19	5km
5 Nov	Conkers parkrun	30:55	46.14	5km
24 Sep	Conkers parkrun	32:03	44.51	5km
2010		Result	WAVA	Distance
1 May	Wiggle Thunder Run 10k	1:09:07	41.58	10km
11 Apr	Derby 10k SB	1:01:32	46.71	10km
2009		Result	WAVA	Distance
20 Sep	Little Aston 5 mile PB	45:07	50.65	5mi
28 Aug	Newstead Abbey Dash PB	25:58	52.15	3mi
31 Jul	Heanor 5	48:18	47.32	5mi
19 Apr	Derby 10K PB	54:43	52.10	10km
5 Apr	Great Ireland Run	55:33	51.32	10km
2008		Result	WAVA	Distance
5 Oct	Great North Run PB	2:17:38	44.77	13.1mi
7 Sep	Lichfield 10k SB	57:59	48.77	10km
31 Aug	Little Aston 5 Mile SB	47:53	47.35	5mi
29 Jun	Humber Bridge Half	2:19:08	44.29	13.1mi
2007		Result	WAVA	Distance
30 Sep	Great North Run SB	2:26:30	41.71	13.1mi
9 Sep	Lichfield 10k Road Race	1:00:38	46.27	10km
20 May	Great Manchester Run SB	56:30	49.65	10km

Run Totals

Swim Totals

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Cross Totals

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2025	8	11	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
2025	3	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
2025	0	15	32	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
2024	13	32	16	25	17	4	16	13	13	19	19	9	195
2024	0	12	31	34	21	2	6	22	20	7	2	0	158
2024	11	15	52	36	73	0	63	65	53	0	0	0	368
2023	33	23	29	26	17	22	18	29	11	22	5	5	239
2023	1.2	0.6	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	2.6
2023	27	35	39	38	22	13	13	4	10	13	0	0	215
2023	0	19	9	30	11	45	15	28	13	71	17	0	258
2022	27	14	14	16	12	20	29	14	19	27	24	26	240
2022	0	0	0	0	5.2	1.4	0	2	0.6	0	0.5	0	9.8
2022	51	23	34	26	20	12	11	30	14	10	3	2	238
2022	0	0	42	22	98	49	19	130	38	10	10	0	418
2021	30	33	35	33	29	15	19	20	21	29	29	11	304
2021	0	0	0	2.1	3.5	3.4	3.8	1.4	0.8	1.4	0	0	16.3
2021	56	42	40	47	52	52	44	44	29	47	57	34	545
2021	0	10	50	56	31	55	71	13	32	13	12	0	342
2020	0	0	1	5	2	4	4	14	15	27	36	32	141
2020	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0.4	3.8	1.9	1.3	0	0	7.8
2020	74	25	63	62	57	55	62	45	3	29	29	35	538
2020	0	0	0	89	168	36	40	17	50	20	10	0	430
2019	7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
2019	1.9	1.3	1.4	0.6	2	2.7	1.2	0.6	0.6	0	0	0	12.4
2019	60	53	70	63	53	33	44	37	55	27	46	60	601
2019	0	21	5	29	62	126	135	102	79	29	0	0	589
2018	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	8.1	7.8	1.7	4	4.2	0.7	28
2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	28	34	51	56	194
2018	0	0	0	0	42	103	122	138	111	60	13	0	590
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	14
2016	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
2016	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
2015	3.1	1	0	1.3	2.7	2.2	2.3	0.7	0.6	1.4	0	0	15.3
2015	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
2015	0	32	151	271	263	222	236	129	209	218	96	0	1827
2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	0.6
2014	31	21	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	86
2013	37	14	20	39	14	9	5	16	2	7	0	5	169
2013	0	32	0	0	65	31	71	46	74	0	15	0	333
2012	45	43	32	48	56	11	25	6	16	6	3	16	307
2012	0	0	22	0	0	24	6	20	0	15	0	0	87
2011	5	38	63	54	53	3	14	9	24	37	8	32	340
2011	24	0	0	50	0	50	51	53	0	37	0	0	265
2010	30	6	35	55	40	2	5	20	42	18	1	12	267
2010	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
2010	10	0	0	65	94	168	20	39	0	15	15	3	429
2009	0	0	0	35	58	78	84	47	63	77	62	25	530
2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6
2009	0	0	0	24	66	32	0	113	0	0	0	0	235

Wed 26th Mar Mar 26	Thu 27th Mar Mar 27	Fri 28th Mar Mar 28	Sat 29th Mar Mar 29	Sun 30th Mar Mar 30	Mon 31st Mar Mar 31	Tue 1st Apr Apr 1
-	12.8mi, 56:04 Bike - General	2.5mi, 33:09 Run - General	-	-	-	-
Wed 2nd Apr Apr 2	Thu 3rd Apr Apr 3	Fri 4th Apr Apr 4	Sat 5th Apr Apr 5	Sun 6th Apr Apr 6	Mon 7th Apr Apr 7	Tue 8th Apr Apr 8
-	1.8mi, 33:35 Walk - General	-	-	2.5mi, 33:41 Run - General	-	-
Wed 9th Apr Apr 9	Thu 10th Apr Apr 10	Fri 11th Apr Apr 11	Sat 12th Apr Apr 12	Sun 13th Apr Apr 13	Mon 14th Apr Apr 14	Tue 15th Apr Apr 15
-	2.5mi, 33:21 Run - General	13.1mi, 1:01:54 Bike - General	-	-	2.5mi, 33:11 Run - General	-
Wed 16th Apr Apr 16	Thu 17th Apr Apr 17	Fri 18th Apr Apr 18	Sat 19th Apr Apr 19	Sun 20th Apr Apr 20	Mon 21st Apr Apr 21	Tue 22nd Apr Apr 22
-	2.5mi, 32:36 Run - General	1.8mi, 33:39 Walk - General	-	1.7mi, 44:09 Walk - General	2.4mi, 32:43 Run - General	-

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