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3749
Miles
84
Miles
5285
Miles
535
WAVA
52.85%
5k
27:45
5M
45:07
10k
54:43
Half
2:17:38

About Me
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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Recent Blogs
Dizzy heights	Aug 2010
Mid Life Crisis	Aug 2010

Recent Training
24th May	General	2.5mi	32:05
23rd May	General	0.7mi	33:33
22nd May	General	20.8mi	1:26:05
21st May	General	2.7mi	33:07
20th May	General	0.7mi	33:54

12 Month Benchmarks	Run	Bike
Mile	10:01	2:46
5k	33:45	10:25
5mi	58:18	17:48
10k	1:15:55	22:58

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Bike 200 Run 600 Swim 20 Walk 300

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Best Times
Best WAVA

Dist	Races	PB	WB	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2019
3mi	1	25:58 8:39/mi	52.85			25:58 52.85
5km	26	27:45 8:56/mi	52.36					29:25 49.40	27:45 52.36
5mi	3	45:07 9:01/mi	51.26		47:53 47.93	45:07 51.26
10km	11	54:43 8:48/mi	52.69	56:30 50.21	57:59 49.32	54:43 52.69	1:01:32 47.23		1:02:13 47.49	57:57 51.41	1:06:34 47.11
13.1mi	3	2:17:38 10:30/mi	44.99	2:26:30 41.92	2:17:38 44.99

2019		Result	WAVA	Distance
7 Apr	Derby 10k SB	1:06:34	47.11	10km
2013		Result	WAVA	Distance
25 May	conkers parkrun		0.00	5km
28 Apr	Derby 10k SB	57:57	51.41	10km
2012		Result	WAVA	Distance
20 Oct	Conkers parkrun		0.00	5km
29 Sep	Mansfield parkrun #1	28:55	50.25	5km
22 Sep	Conkers parkrun	30:05	48.30	5km
15 Sep	Conkers parkrun	29:56	48.54	5km
11 Aug	Conkers parkrun	31:17	46.45	5km
4 Aug	Conkers parkrun	32:10	45.17	5km
21 Jul	Conkers parkrun	30:50	47.13	5km
7 Jul	Killerton Parkrun	32:07	45.24	5km
16 Jun	Conkers parkrun		0.00	5km
27 May	Vitality London 10,000	1:07:04	44.05	10km
19 May	Conkers parkrun	29:49	48.73	5km
12 May	Conkers parkrun	29:05	49.96	5km
5 May	Conkers parkrun	29:48	48.76	5km
28 Apr	Conkers parkrun	29:21	49.51	5km
21 Apr	Conkers parkrun	28:49	50.43	5km
14 Apr	Conkers parkrun	30:09	48.20	5km
7 Apr	Conkers parkrun	29:20	49.54	5km
1 Apr	Derby 10k SB	1:02:13	47.49	10km
17 Mar	Conkers parkrun	29:12	49.76	5km
3 Mar	Conkers parkrun	30:05	48.30	5km
4 Feb	Conkers parkrun PB	27:45	52.36	5km
28 Jan	Conkers parkrun	29:10	49.82	5km
21 Jan	Conkers parkrun	28:19	51.32	5km
14 Jan	Conkers parkrun	28:41	50.66	5km
7 Jan	Conkers parkrun	28:35	50.84	5km
2011		Result	WAVA	Distance
31 Dec	Conkers parkrun SB	29:25	49.40	5km
24 Dec	Conkers parkrun	29:29	49.29	5km
17 Dec	Conkers parkrun	31:34	45.69	5km
5 Nov	Conkers parkrun	30:55	46.65	5km
24 Sep	Conkers parkrun	32:03	45.00	5km
2010		Result	WAVA	Distance
1 May	Wiggle Thunder Run 10k	1:09:07	42.05	10km
11 Apr	Derby 10k SB	1:01:32	47.23	10km
2009		Result	WAVA	Distance
20 Sep	Little Aston 5 mile PB	45:07	51.26	5mi
28 Aug	Newstead Abbey Dash PB	25:58	52.85	3mi
31 Jul	Heanor 5	48:18	47.88	5mi
19 Apr	Derby 10K PB	54:43	52.69	10km
5 Apr	Great Ireland Run	55:33	51.90	10km
2008		Result	WAVA	Distance
5 Oct	Great North Run PB	2:17:38	44.99	13.1mi
7 Sep	Lichfield 10k SB	57:59	49.32	10km
31 Aug	Little Aston 5 Mile SB	47:53	47.93	5mi
29 Jun	Humber Bridge Half	2:19:08	44.51	13.1mi
2007		Result	WAVA	Distance
30 Sep	Great North Run SB	2:26:30	41.92	13.1mi
9 Sep	Lichfield 10k Road Race	1:00:38	46.79	10km
20 May	Great Manchester Run SB	56:30	50.21	10km

Run Totals

Swim Totals

Bike Totals

Walk Totals

Cross Totals

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2022	27	14	14	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
2022	0	0	0	0	3.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8
2022	51	23	34	26	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151
2022	0	0	42	22	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131
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	10	0	0	65	94	168	20	39	0	15	15	3	429
2009	0	0	0	35	58	78	84	47	63	82	62	25	535
2009	0	0	0	24	66	32	0	113	0	0	0	0	235

Thu 28th Apr Apr 28	Fri 29th Apr Apr 29	Sat 30th Apr Apr 30	Sun 1st May May 1	Mon 2nd May May 2	Tue 3rd May May 3	Wed 4th May May 4
3.6mi, 44:40 Run - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 11:36(11:36/m) 132/146bpm [1531b/mi] 99cal 5.17/5.95mph 2) 1m - 12:04(12:04/m) 152/164bpm [1833b/mi] 115cal 4.97/5.74mph 3) 1m - 13:25(13:25/m) 136/158bpm [1825b/mi] 116cal 4.47/5.24mph 4) 0.63m - 7:36(12:03/m) 140/145bpm [1687b/mi] 65cal 4.98/5.61mph Add a comment	-	-	-	-	0.5mi, 27:23 Swim - General Split Summary === 1) 0.21m - 8:02(38:01/m) 60cal 18/rpm 1.58/1.85mph 2) 0m - 1:01(0/m) 3) 0.23m - 9:12(39:34/m) 66cal 17/rpm 1.52/1.79mph 4) 0m - 1:01(0/m) 5) 0.19m - 8:08(42:44/m) 54cal 16/rpm 1.4/1.52mph Add a comment 1.8mi, 33:03 Walk - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 18:04(18:04/m) 84/112bpm [1517b/mi] 95cal 57/62rpm 3.32/4.05mph 2) 0.84m - 14:59(17:55/m) 70/86bpm [1255b/mi] 64cal 55/64rpm 3.35/4.11mph Add a comment	2.9mi, 49:45 Walk - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 18:39(18:39/m) 98/111bpm [1827b/mi] 98cal 57/64rpm 3.22/4.05mph 2) 1m - 16:33(16:33/m) 88/108bpm [1456b/mi] 97cal 60/64rpm 3.63/3.97mph 3) 0.87m - 14:34(16:46/m) 78/95bpm [1307b/mi] 72cal 60/64rpm 3.58/3.8mph Add a comment
Thu 5th May May 5	Fri 6th May May 6	Sat 7th May May 7	Sun 8th May May 8	Mon 9th May May 9	Tue 10th May May 10	Wed 11th May May 11
3.6mi, 44:46 Run - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 11:47(11:47/m) 127/146bpm [1496b/mi] 103cal 5.09/6.07mph 2) 1m - 12:09(12:09/m) 135/144bpm [1641b/mi] 107cal 4.93/5.61mph 3) 1m - 13:32(13:32/m) 137/146bpm [1853b/mi] 108cal 4.44/5.18mph 4) 0.61m - 7:18(12:01/m) 147/150bpm [1766b/mi] 66cal 5/5.43mph Add a comment	-	-	16.7mi, 1:11:01 Bike - General Split Summary === 1) 5m - 20:23(4:05/m) 108/138bpm [440b/mi] 117cal 60/95rpm 14.71/22.08mph 2) 5m - 19:09(3:50/m) 127/144bpm [486b/mi] 141cal 68/97rpm 15.67/23.23mph 3) 5m - 25:50(5:10/m) 122/166bpm [630b/mi] 173cal 57/92rpm 11.62/24.46mph 4) 1.71m - 5:39(3:18/m) 136/152bpm [448b/mi] 48cal 54/103rpm 18.21/32.67mph Add a comment	0.6mi, 33:01 Swim - General Split Summary === 1) 0.25m - 9:57(39:16/m) 72cal 19/rpm 1.53/1.71mph 2) 0m - 1:01(0/m) 3) 0.25m - 10:04(39:43/m) 72cal 19/rpm 1.51/1.66mph 4) 0m - 1:01(0/m) 5) 0.24m - 10:56(44:59/m) 68cal 18/rpm 1.33/1.85mph 6) 0m - 2(0/m) Add a comment	-	-
Thu 12th May May 12	Fri 13th May May 13	Sat 14th May May 14	Sun 15th May May 15	Mon 16th May May 16	Tue 17th May May 17	Wed 18th May May 18
8.8mi, 42:03 Bike - General Split Summary === 1) 5m - 21:32(4:18/m) 112/132bpm [482b/mi] 132cal 64/166rpm 13.93/23.98mph 2) 3.82m - 20:31(5:22/m) 128/156bpm [688b/mi] 153cal 65/128rpm 11.16/17.62mph Add a comment	0.6mi, 33:02 Swim - General Split Summary === 1) 0.38m - 15:10(39:52/m) 108cal 19/rpm 1.51/1.71mph 2) 0m - 1:01(0/m) 3) 0.3m - 12:21(41:44/m) 84cal 19/rpm 1.44/1.57mph 4) 0m - 1:01(0/m) 5) 0.08m - 3:28(41:06/m) 24cal 18/rpm 1.46/1.74mph 6) 0m - 2(0/m) Add a comment	11.5mi, 54:00 Bike - General Split Summary === 1) 5m - 23:39(4:44/m) 111/138bpm [525b/mi] 143cal 60/138rpm 12.69/27.18mph 2) 5m - 20:52(4:10/m) 121/150bpm [505b/mi] 145cal 70/123rpm 14.37/21.5mph 3) 1.54m - 9:30(6:11/m) 121/142bpm [748b/mi] 60cal 63/91rpm 9.71/23.09mph Add a comment	3.3mi, 42:09 Run - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 12:56(12:56/m) 127/139bpm [1643b/mi] 110cal 4.64/5.09mph 2) 1m - 12:21(12:21/m) 131/139bpm [1618b/mi] 103cal 4.86/5.13mph 3) 1m - 12:52(12:52/m) 133/141bpm [1712b/mi] 102cal 4.66/5.09mph 4) 0.33m - 4:00(12:13/m) 132/141bpm [1612b/mi] 34cal 4.91/5.2mph Add a comment	0.6mi, 31:36 Swim - General Split Summary === 1) 0.75m - 31:36(42:08/m) 213cal 19/rpm 1.43/1.75mph Add a comment	4.9mi, 1:06:14 Run - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 12:00(12:00/m) 139/154bpm [1667b/mi] 107cal 5/5.74mph 2) 1m - 13:13(13:13/m) 135/147bpm [1784b/mi] 104cal 4.54/5.38mph 3) 1m - 13:43(13:43/m) 140/152bpm [1920b/mi] 110cal 4.37/5.18mph 4) 1m - 13:35(13:35/m) 144/155bpm [1955b/mi] 112cal 4.42/4.97mph 5) 0.94m - 13:44(14:35/m) 146/157bpm [2128b/mi] 112cal 4.12/5.18mph Add a comment	2.6mi, 55:45 Walk - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 17:04(17:04/m) 85/99bpm [1451b/mi] 93cal 59/67rpm 3.51/4.32mph 2) 1m - 24:18(24:18/m) 95/127bpm [2308b/mi] 130cal 39/78rpm 2.47/3.9mph 3) 0.61m - 14:23(23:42/m) 95/129bpm [2251b/mi] 67cal 42/63rpm 2.53/3.63mph Add a comment
Thu 19th May May 19	Fri 20th May May 20	Sat 21st May May 21	Sun 22nd May May 22	Mon 23rd May May 23	Tue 24th May May 24	Wed 25th May May 25
8.8mi, 40:39 Bike - General Split Summary === 1) 5m - 21:30(4:18/m) 118/144bpm [508b/mi] 149cal 60/121rpm 13.95/25.21mph 2) 3.81m - 19:08(5:01/m) 128/153bpm [643b/mi] 138cal 66/94rpm 11.95/17.99mph Add a comment	0.7mi, 33:54 Swim - General Split Summary === 1) 0.85m - 33:54(40:06/m) 240cal 19/rpm 1.5/1.94mph Add a comment	2.7mi, 33:07 Run - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 12:36(12:36/m) 128/137bpm [1612b/mi] 105cal 4.76/5.22mph 2) 1m - 12:32(12:32/m) 132/147bpm [1654b/mi] 110cal 4.79/5.28mph 3) 0.65m - 8:00(12:23/m) 138/143bpm [1710b/mi] 66cal 4.84/5.45mph Add a comment	20.8mi, 1:26:05 Bike - General Split Summary === 1) 5m - 19:30(3:54/m) 112/143bpm [437b/mi] 120cal 62/89rpm 15.38/23.65mph 2) 5m - 21:07(4:13/m) 127/148bpm [536b/mi] 151cal 66/94rpm 14.2/18.81mph 3) 5m - 19:05(3:49/m) 130/150bpm [496b/mi] 130cal 70/97rpm 15.72/21.39mph 4) 5m - 21:16(4:15/m) 128/150bpm [544b/mi] 126cal 67/98rpm 14.11/22.48mph 5) 0.82m - 5:06(6:15/m) 131/145bpm [818b/mi] 32cal 57/90rpm 9.61/16.57mph Add a comment	0.7mi, 33:33 Swim - General Split Summary === 1) 0.85m - 33:33(39:42/m) 240cal 18/rpm 1.51/1.91mph Add a comment	2.5mi, 32:05 Run - General Split Summary === 1) 1m - 11:58(11:58/m) 128/138bpm [1532b/mi] 100cal 5.01/5.63mph 2) 1m - 13:32(13:32/m) 131/144bpm [1773b/mi] 114cal 4.43/5.38mph 3) 0.54m - 6:35(12:08/m) 137/144bpm [1661b/mi] 55cal 4.95/5.16mph Add a comment	-

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