Beddgelert

About Me
It all began in 1975 when I asked my father if I could go for a run with him. Being only 5 all I used to do in those days was to run around the park. Aged 11 in the 1980's I started running around an oval track in Sao Paulo. Ran my first marathon aged 16. Running took backstage for a few years, while I negotiated University and starting a career. I did run occasionally, but stopped completely in my early thirties, mainly because of my mother's ill health. Started running again in my 40's. I just wish I could spend more time running - work and stuff just gets in the way! Now in my 50's I am starting out again. I think my moto should be never give up - you have to keep fighting against all the odds. I can do this. Show more...

About Me

It all began in 1975 when I asked my father if I could go for a run with him. Being only 5 all I used to do in those days was to run around the park. Aged 11 in the 1980's I started running around an oval track in Sao Paulo. Ran my first marathon aged 16.
Running took backstage for a few years, while I negotiated University and starting a career. I did run occasionally, but stopped completely in my early thirties, mainly because of my mother's ill health. Started running again in my 40's. I just wish I could spend more time running - work and stuff just gets in the way! Now in my 50's I am starting out again.
I think my moto should be never give up - you have to keep fighting against all the odds. I can do this.

Recent Blogs
Cheddar Gorge Challenge	May 2014
Broadway Marathon	Nov 2013
Home Run	Oct 2013
Broadway Marathon Nov 10	Aug 2013

My parkrun
Gloucester City parkrun

Recent Training
11th May	General	1.8mi	55:04
11th May	General	2.9mi	1:05:02
10th May	General	1.6mi	41:57
10th May	General	2.6mi	59:06
9th May	General	2.7mi	1:10:22

12 Month Benchmarks	Run
Mile	11:18

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Best Times
Best WAVA

Dist	Races	1996	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	PB	WB
5km	16						25:05 56.00	25:24 55.73	24:29 58.26	24:29 7:53/mi	58.26
5mi	1		37:32 59.01							37:32 7:30/mi	59.01
10km	8		50:17 54.91	46:54 59.34	45:26 61.74	45:55 61.58				45:26 7:19/mi	61.74
7mi	3			1:13:19 42.90	1:14:29 42.91					1:13:19 10:28/mi	42.91
10mi	1	1:20:57 53.43								1:20:57 8:06/mi	53.43
13.1mi	7	1:39:54 57.53		1:54:36 52.89	1:43:15 59.19	1:41:41 60.60			1:53:05 55.89	1:39:54 7:38/mi	60.60
26.2mi	1					6:11:19 34.32				6:11:19 14:10/mi	34.32
26.5mi	1				4:57:01 43.11					4:57:01 11:12/mi	43.11

2017		Result	WAVA	Distance
15 Apr	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:11	56.64	5km
19 Mar	Forest of Dean Spring Half Marathon SB	1:53:05	55.89	13.1mi
11 Mar	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	24:56	57.21	5km
25 Feb	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:07	56.79	5km
11 Feb	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester PB	24:29	58.26	5km
2016		Result	WAVA	Distance
12 Nov	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester SB	25:24	55.73	5km
2015		Result	WAVA	Distance
7 Nov	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	26:31	52.97	5km
17 Oct	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:17	55.55	5km
10 Oct	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester SB	25:05	56.00	5km
26 Sep	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:23	55.33	5km
19 Sep	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:33	54.97	5km
12 Sep	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:57	54.13	5km
22 Aug	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	26:09	53.71	5km
15 Aug	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	26:09	53.71	5km
1 Aug	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	25:39	54.76	5km
25 Jul	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	26:25	53.17	5km
18 Jul	Kingsway parkrun, Gloucester	26:58	52.09	5km
2014		Result	WAVA	Distance
17 Aug	Cheddar Gorge Marathon PB	6:11:19	34.32	26.2mi
13 Jul	Gloucester 10k SB	45:55	61.58	10km
22 Jun	Cheddar Gorge Half Marathon	2:21:18	43.61	13.1mi
18 May	Cheddar Gorge 10Km	52:35	53.78	10km
30 Mar	Forest of Dean Spring Half SB	1:41:41	60.60	13.1mi
2013		Result	WAVA	Distance
29 Dec	THE SEVEN SINS CHALLENGE RUN SB	1:14:29	42.91	7mi
10 Nov	Broadway Marathon PB	4:57:01	43.11	26.5mi
19 May	Tewkesbury Half Marathon	1:43:18	59.16	13.1mi
12 May	Adidas Forest of Dean Trails 10k	47:35	58.95	10km
7 Apr	Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon SB	1:43:15	59.19	13.1mi
24 Mar	Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon			13.1mi
10 Feb	Gloucester 10k PB	45:26	61.74	10km
2012		Result	WAVA	Distance
30 Dec	Seven Sins Challenge	1:20:04	39.60	7mi
30 Sep	Forest of Dean Autumn Half			13.1mi
1 Jul	Boddington Quarter Marathon SB	46:54	59.34	10km
13 May	The ADIDAS 13K FOREST TRAIL RUN	1:06:38	41.77	10km
1 Apr	Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon SB	1:54:36	52.89	13.1mi
2 Jan	Seven Sins Run PB	1:13:19	42.90	7mi
2011		Result	WAVA	Distance
17 Dec	Quedgeley Christmas 5 miles PB	37:32	59.01	5mi
27 Nov	Cotswold 10k SB	50:17	54.91	10km
18 Sep	Royal Forest Of Dean Rotary 10K Autumn Fun Run	51:20	53.79	10km
1996		Result	WAVA	Distance
28 Jul	Gloucester Half Marathon PB	1:39:54	57.53	13.1mi
13 Jul	Churchdown 10 Miles PB	1:20:57	53.43	10mi

Run Totals
Swim Totals
Bike Totals
Walk Totals
Cross Totals

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2026	171	159	150	152	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	684
2026	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
2025	162	152	160	184	157	153	170	177	222	166	166	148	2018
2025	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
2024	154	140	171	164	186	174	161	177	165	187	169	172	2021
2024	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	16	7	0	0	0	31
2023	176	154	168	124	103	110	118	117	100	114	110	147	1543
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16	0	29
2022	128	127	137	125	147	138	140	137	171	188	139	121	1701
2022	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	32	26	0	0	0	65
2021	0	0	0	0	64	115	106	120	145	153	144	120	969
2021	24	0	8	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
2020	0	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	80	104	107	22	329
2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	8
2018	0	0	35	62	63	10	0	0	3	3	0	0	176
2017	32	121	78	59	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	311
2016	0	0	0	0	0	30	71	20	0	107	100	48	375
2015	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
2015	0	5	5	0	0	11	19	14	38	60	26	0	178
2014	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
2014	132	86	132	102	136	92	126	26	15	8	0	47	902
2013	57	123	114	115	95	107	91	139	88	107	79	83	1198
2012	97	114	14	61	127	137	153	134	137	62	145	81	1263
2011	0	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	6	76	93	76	292

Wed 15th Apr Apr 15	Thu 16th Apr Apr 16	Fri 17th Apr Apr 17	Sat 18th Apr Apr 18	Sun 19th Apr Apr 19	Mon 20th Apr Apr 20	Tue 21st Apr Apr 21
0.8mi, 1:18:00 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:09:17 Walk - General	2.8mi, 1:02:46 Walk - General 3mi, 1:14:37 Walk - General	2.8mi, 1:04:56 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:12:18 Walk - General	2mi, 59:14 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:04:49 Walk - General	1.4mi, 47:05 Walk - General 2.7mi, 1:04:56 Walk - General	1.6mi, 42:22 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:07:48 Walk - General	2.1mi, 56:41 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:47:36 Walk - General
Wed 22nd Apr Apr 22	Thu 23rd Apr Apr 23	Fri 24th Apr Apr 24	Sat 25th Apr Apr 25	Sun 26th Apr Apr 26	Mon 27th Apr Apr 27	Tue 28th Apr Apr 28
1.3mi, 1:19:36 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:06:00 Walk - General	1.4mi, 43:47 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:06:23 Walk - General	1.4mi, 36:35 Walk - General 1.4mi, 25:58 Walk - General 1.8mi, 42:14 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:05:37 Walk - General	2.8mi, 1:05:40 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:07:17 Walk - General	1.5mi, 39:43 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:09:32 Walk - General	2mi, 24:07 Run - General 2.9mi, 1:00:42 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:06:26 Walk - General	1.7mi, 46:32 Walk - General 1.3mi, 25:00 Walk - General 1.4mi, 24:17 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:05:54 Walk - General
Wed 29th Apr Apr 29	Thu 30th Apr Apr 30	Fri 1st May May 1	Sat 2nd May May 2	Sun 3rd May May 3	Mon 4th May May 4	Tue 5th May May 5
1.5mi, 1:13:22 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:09:11 Walk - General	1.2mi, 35:54 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:03:37 Walk - General	2.8mi, 1:00:35 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:05:10 Walk - General	1.1mi, 34:19 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:10:00 Walk - General	1.6mi, 45:08 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:10:00 Walk - General	1.6mi, 44:56 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:04:00 Walk - General	1.5mi, 47:01 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:04:10 Walk - General
Wed 6th May May 6	Thu 7th May May 7	Fri 8th May May 8	Sat 9th May May 9	Sun 10th May May 10	Mon 11th May May 11	Tue 12th May May 12
1.1mi, 32:58 Walk - General 3mi, 1:11:03 Walk - General	2.9mi, 1:03:45 Walk - General 1.8mi, 34:16 Walk - General 1.7mi, 36:59 Walk - General 2.8mi, 1:07:28 Walk - General	1.5mi, 45:56 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:11:35 Walk - General	2.7mi, 1:10:22 Walk - General	1.6mi, 41:57 Walk - General 2.6mi, 59:06 Walk - General	1.8mi, 55:04 Walk - General 2.9mi, 1:05:02 Walk - General	-

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