Claret Blue and Green
I ran just over 9km yesterday in 45 minutes, the longest and furthest I've run in a good while and especially so since a cancer diagnosis last year. 30 minutes was the limit due to pain in my abdomen post surgery but it seems like that issue is no more with luck. Feels like I'm a million miles away from where I was 2 years ago, a Team GB age group athlete at 70.3 Ironman and competing in European Championships. But, I'm on the mend and on the right track, I've a London Marathon slot for 2027 (deferred from 2026 due to the above) and I'm actively looking for races later this year maybe even a few trail 10ks late summer along the south west coast path. Need to shift more timber for sure and get back on a strict plan rather than an adhoc one.
A runner who has become the fastest woman to complete the three peaks challenge on foot says she could do with "a week off".Across five days and 21 hours, Trish Patterson, from Hythe, Hampshire, has scaled Scotland's Ben Nevis, England's Scafell Pike, and Wales' Yr Wyddfa, running between each climb.She covered 425 miles and more than 10,000m in elevation, raising money for mental health charity Mind Over Mountains in memory of a close friend who died recently.
