Author: Anna

Penrith Rotary 10k

Monday, 10th October 2011

This race was run in support of the Great North Air Ambulance, one of my top charities...

Langdale Half Marathon 2011

Saturday, 24th September 2011

If you are going to do a half-marathon you might as well start with the hardest...

Over the Border

Friday, 19th August 2011

A trip over the border to the other side of the Solway Firth: Scotland.

Barcelona!

Tuesday, 9th August 2011

Jo and I had a great three days, walking many miles – why did no-one warn me that the streets of Barcelona are so hard? – in the heat, to tick off as many sights as possible. There are some superb museums in Barcelona. We particularly liked the Frederic Mares Museum. I loved the Museu …

Running Hadrian’s Wall

Sunday, 24th July 2011

On Friday I was, in a very minor way, part of the support team for “Fast Howard” (my name for a member of my running club), who was running the whole of Hadrian’s Wall in a day – all 84 miles of it. To complete this feat he had carefully planned every detail, including a …

Hay o Trail

Tuesday, 5th July 2011

6.4 km up The Hay, and back down. After R&R’s amazing mountain marathon blog I am a bit reluctant to post this one, but can’t help being pleased with myself: I got my first trail race prize, winning my class!! 🙂 🙂 Sorry to use the blog to brag, but it probably won’t happen again!