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Mara
2:47:15
| About Me | |
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Dubious and reluctant mid-life (2011, early 40s) recruit to running, surprised to find it enjoyable!
Got my sub-40m 10k at the end of 2013, followed by a sub-3 marathon at Chesterfield in Sept 2014 and then 2:54 in Manchester 2016 (pic above). Further gradual improvement to 2:51 and 2:48 in 2017 and 18, both at Mancs again. A result of accrued experience and gently increasing mileage. Kept chipping away with 2:47 in 2019 and also a 10k PB. After the covid-enforced break in racing, I'm definitely over the hill but hoping to decline gracefully. I won't see any more true PBs but a WAVA target of 82% is now in sight. Hoping I can get older more rapidly than I get slower!
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| Recent Blogs | |
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| Bolder Boulder 2026 - Norwegian Singles 6 months in. | 26th May |
| NS week 31 | 21st May |
| NS week 30 | 12th May |
| NS week 29 | May 2026 |
| NS week 28 | Apr 2026 |
| My parkrun |
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| Recent Training | |||
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5th Jun
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General | 8.8mi | 1:02:12 |
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4th Jun
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General | 19.5mi | 2:23:09 |
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2nd Jun
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General | 41.9mi | 3:44:52 |
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1st Jun
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General | 9.8mi | 1:19:34 |
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31st May
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General | 43.2mi | 4:51:26 |
| 12 Month Benchmarks | Run | Bike |
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| Mile | 6:13 | 1:44 |
| 5k | 19:25 | 6:05 |
| 5mi | 31:40 | 10:21 |
| 10k | 39:38 | 13:56 |
| 10mi | 1:20:07 | 34:18 |
| Recent Pictures |
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| Recent Threads |
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| Politics |
| Logic Puzzle - Clues by Sam |
| SirPoc method aka Norwegian Singles Method |
| The Retirement Thread |
| Electric car anyone? |
| Cats in Boxes |
| Buddies (13) |
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| Followers (13) |
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My Library
Find out what this Fetchie is in to. This user has not added any items yet.- Best Times
- Best WAVA
| Dist | Races | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | PB | WB |
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| 5km | 16 | 19:36 70.58 | 18:40 76.42 | 18:46 76.01 | 18:13 79.54 | 18:34 78.04 | 18:20 79.67 | 18:32 80.09 | 18:50 79.45 |
18:13
5:52/mi
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80.09 | |||||||
| 10km | 33 | 40:28 69.32 | 39:25 72.32 | 39:24 72.35 | 39:22 74.22 | 38:21 76.82 | 37:16 79.72 | 37:05 80.44 | 38:35 77.66 | 37:52 80.46 | 39:20 78.04 | 37:58 80.99 | 45:17 68.50 | 40:34 77.84 | 39:42 79.53 |
37:05
5:58/mi
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80.99 | |
| 13.1mi | 15 | 1:26:56 70.88 | 1:28:42 70.06 | 1:25:41 73.76 | 1:23:01 76.79 | 1:21:23 79.01 | 1:21:55 79.19 | 1:24:35 77.37 | 1:23:35 79.70 | 1:24:08 79.91 |
1:21:23
6:13/mi
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79.91 | ||||||
| 14.2mi | 2 | 1:32:08 75.74 | 1:32:01 76.51 |
1:32:01
6:29/mi
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76.51 | |||||||||||||
| 26.2mi | 10 | 3:06:51 68.20 | 2:59:46 71.51 | 3:00:38 71.80 | 2:54:41 74.90 | 2:51:46 76.86 | 2:48:44 78.95 | 2:47:15 80.38 | 2:53:15 79.78 | 2:52:48 80.75 |
2:47:15
6:23/mi
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80.75 |
| 2026 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
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| 25 May | BOLDERBoulder | 43:01 | 73.40 | 10km |
| 12 Apr | Race to the Castle | 41:37 | 75.87 | 10km |
| 15 Feb | Lancaster Valentine's 10k SB | 39:42 | 79.53 | 10km |
| 2025 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 26 Dec | Worden Park Boxing Day 10k Road Race SB | 40:34 | 77.84 | 10km |
| 29 Jun | Run Harrogate 10K | 45:24 | 68.93 | 10km |
| 2024 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 30 Jun | Harrogate 10k SB | 45:17 | 68.50 | 10km |
| 2023 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 6 Aug | Lancaster Riverside 10k | 40:14 | 76.42 | 10km |
| 2 Jul | Run Harrogate 10K | 41:35 | 73.94 | 10km |
| 29 May | BOLDERBoulder | 40:59 | 75.02 | 10km |
| 16 Apr | Manchester Marathon SB | 2:52:48 | 80.75 | 26.2mi |
| 2 Apr | Lancaster Race to Castle | 38:56 | 78.98 | 10km |
| 5 Mar | Haweswater Half Marathon SB | 1:24:08 | 79.91 | 13.1mi |
| 12 Feb | Lancaster Valentine's 10k SB | 37:58 | 80.99 | 10km |
| 2022 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 27 Dec | Ribble Valley 10K | 39:24 | 78.04 | 10km |
| 29 Oct | Podium 5K SB | 18:50 | 79.45 | 5km |
| 7 Aug | Lancaster Riverside 10k SB | 39:20 | 77.50 | 10km |
| 3 Jul | Run Harrogate 10k | 41:06 | 74.16 | 10km |
| 3 Apr | Manchester Marathon SB | 2:53:15 | 79.78 | 26.2mi |
| 6 Mar | Haweswater Half Marathon SB | 1:23:35 | 79.70 | 13.1mi |
| 2021 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 27 Dec | Ribble Valley 10K | 37:53 | 80.46 | 10km |
| 12 Dec | Blackburn 10k SB | 37:52 | 79.81 | 10km |
| 3 Apr | Podium 5k SB | 18:32 | 80.09 | 5km |
| 2020 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 1 Mar | Haweswater Half Marathon SB | 1:24:35 | 77.37 | 13.1mi |
| 2 Feb | Blackburn Winter Warmer SB | 38:35 | 77.66 | 10km |
| 2019 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 29 Dec | Ribble Valley 10k | 37:15 | 80.44 | 10km |
| 15 Dec | Lancaster Christmas 10k | 38:22 | 77.44 | 10km |
| 20 Oct | Yorkshire Marathon | 2:52:52 | 77.77 | 26.2mi |
| 7 Sep | GO! Festival Ayr half marathon | 1:24:46 | 76.52 | 13.1mi |
| 17 Aug | Podium 5k SB | 18:20 | 79.67 | 5km |
| 7 Apr | Greater Manchester Marathon PB | 2:47:15 | 80.38 | 26.2mi |
| 9 Mar | Dentdale Run (long) PB | 1:32:01 | 76.51 | 14.2mi |
| 17 Feb | Great North West Half Marathon SB | 1:21:55 | 79.19 | 13.1mi |
| 10 Feb | Lancaster Valentine 10k PB | 37:05 | 80.12 | 10km |
| 2018 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 30 Dec | Ribble Valley 10k SB | 37:16 | 79.72 | 10km |
| 15 Dec | 3-1-5 Lancaster 10K Series | 39:16 | 75.03 | 10km |
| 1 Dec | Podium 5k SB | 18:34 | 78.04 | 5km |
| 24 Jun | Wilmslow Half Marathon | 1:25:52 | 74.89 | 13.1mi |
| 28 May | Bolder Boulder | 40:27 | 72.83 | 10km |
| 8 Apr | Greater Manchester Marathon SB | 2:48:44 | 78.95 | 26.2mi |
| 10 Mar | Dentdale Run SB | 1:32:08 | 75.74 | 14.2mi |
| 18 Feb | Great North West Half Marathon PB | 1:21:23 | 79.01 | 13.1mi |
| 11 Feb | Lancaster Valentine 10k | 37:33 | 78.46 | 10km |
| 2017 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 31 Dec | Ribble Valley 10K SB | 38:21 | 76.82 | 10km |
| 26 Dec | Ayr Turkey Trot 5k PB | 18:13 | 79.54 | 5km |
| 18 Nov | Podium 5k | 18:25 | 78.06 | 5km |
| 11 Nov | Penrith parkrun | 19:22 | 74.23 | 5km |
| 28 Oct | Skipton parkrun | 20:00 | 71.88 | 5km |
| 24 Sep | Hamburg Lauftreff Alstertal | 1:29:15 | 71.42 | 13.1mi |
| 9 Jul | Leeds 10K, Jane Tomlinson | 38:31 | 75.85 | 10km |
| 6 May | Skipton parkrun | 19:11 | 74.94 | 5km |
| 29 Apr | Three Peaks Race | 3:54:11 | 49.76 | 23.3mi |
| 8 Apr | Skipton parkrun | 19:33 | 73.54 | 5km |
| 2 Apr | Greater Manchester Marathon SB | 2:51:46 | 76.86 | 26.2mi |
| 25 Feb | Skipton parkrun | 20:41 | 69.51 | 5km |
| 19 Feb | Great North West Half Marathon SB | 1:23:01 | 76.79 | 13.1mi |
| 2016 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 26 Dec | Worden Park Boxing Day 10k Race SB | 39:22 | 74.22 | 10km |
| 17 Dec | Crissy Field Parkrun (San Francisco) SB | 18:46 | 76.01 | 5km |
| 10 Sep | Skipton parkrun | 19:58 | 71.44 | 5km |
| 16 Jul | Skipton parkrun | 20:09 | 70.79 | 5km |
| 10 Apr | Greater Manchester Marathon SB | 2:54:41 | 74.90 | 26.2mi |
| 6 Mar | Haweswater Half Marathon SB | 1:25:41 | 73.76 | 13.1mi |
| 2015 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 26 Dec | Ayrodynamic turkey trot fun run SB | 18:40 | 76.42 | 5km |
| 14 Nov | Tour of Pendle Fell Race | 16.8mi | ||
| 12 Apr | Vienna City Marathon SB | 3:00:38 | 71.80 | 26.2mi |
| 2014 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 14 Sep | Chesterfield Marathon SB | 2:59:46 | 71.51 | 26.2mi |
| 16 Jul | Lancaster 10k SB | 39:24 | 72.35 | 10km |
| 18 May | Chester half marathon | 1:28:58 | 69.85 | 13.1mi |
| 6 Apr | 3 Bridges 10k | 40:41 | 70.07 | 10km |
| 23 Feb | Great North West Half Marathon SB | 1:28:42 | 70.06 | 13.1mi |
| 2013 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 26 Dec | Ayr Turkey Trot 10k SB | 39:25 | 72.32 | 10km |
| 24 Nov | Tsukuba Marathon SB | 3:06:51 | 68.20 | 26.2mi |
| 20 Oct | Turtle (half) marathon | 1:27:45 | 70.22 | 13.1mi |
| 27 May | Bolder Boulder | 43:42 | 64.71 | 10km |
| 21 Apr | Sagami Friendship Marathon (half) SB | 1:26:56 | 70.88 | 13.1mi |
| 10 Feb | Akabane Half Marathon | 1:29:00 | 69.24 | 13.1mi |
| 1 Jan | Tamagawa | 41:56 | 67.43 | 10km |
| 2012 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 5 Nov | Tokyo UFG 5k SB | 19:36 | 70.58 | 5km |
| 26 Feb | Tokyo UFG 10k SB | 40:28 | 69.32 | 10km |
| 2011 | Result | WAVA | Distance | |
| 30 May | BOLDERBoulder | 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 |
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| 2026 | 165 | 125 | 124 | 126 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 651 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 170 | 188 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 |
| 2025 | 59 | 55 | 44 | 24 | 72 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 16 | 100 | 128 | 141 | 835 |
| 2025 | 0 | 18 | 94 | 316 | 336 | 92 | 117 | 0 | 111 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 1221 |
| 2024 | 194 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 49 | 39 | 44 | 57 | 75 | 45 | 96 | 82 | 848 |
| 2024 | 0 | 105 | 94 | 116 | 195 | 19 | 91 | 104 | 26 | 223 | 17 | 0 | 991 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 261 | 217 | 256 | 138 | 79 | 55 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 90 | 142 | 147 | 1538 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 265 | 51 | 116 | 281 | 284 | 151 | 13 | 0 | 1175 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 218 | 149 | 188 | 92 | 114 | 82 | 104 | 104 | 92 | 96 | 155 | 144 | 1537 |
| 2022 | 145 | 155 | 73 | 33 | 206 | 193 | 234 | 206 | 53 | 169 | 0 | 42 | 1509 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 50 | 86 | 144 | 448 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 47 | 58 | 109 | 168 | 133 | 363 | 182 | 255 | 157 | 1485 |
| 2020 | 269 | 242 | 194 | 110 | 123 | 97 | 126 | 88 | 88 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 1413 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 42 | 0 | 23 | 253 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 442 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 264 | 256 | 230 | 144 | 148 | 50 | 51 | 177 | 227 | 154 | 112 | 230 | 2043 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2019 | 174 | 67 | 30 | 49 | 32 | 192 | 161 | 59 | 39 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 868 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 262 | 243 | 229 | 107 | 144 | 87 | 51 | 80 | 158 | 139 | 130 | 208 | 1839 |
| 2018 | 58 | 40 | 61 | 40 | 43 | 202 | 156 | 181 | 59 | 194 | 67 | 87 | 1187 |
| 2017 | 229 | 207 | 150 | 129 | 75 | 52 | 75 | 47 | 164 | 107 | 132 | 192 | 1558 |
| 2017 | 43 | 0 | 96 | 46 | 145 | 198 | 181 | 121 | 48 | 110 | 96 | 53 | 1137 |
| 2016 | 199 | 186 | 167 | 81 | 81 | 37 | 53 | 60 | 62 | 108 | 144 | 134 | 1312 |
| 2016 | 25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 131 | 119 | 138 | 139 | 69 | 154 | 86 | 978 |
| 2015 | 134 | 104 | 153 | 65 | 19 | 24 | 52 | 60 | 80 | 61 | 138 | 198 | 1087 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 28 | 82 | 102 | 44 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 346 |
| 2014 | 95 | 83 | 83 | 71 | 118 | 185 | 184 | 194 | 101 | 56 | 86 | 72 | 1329 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 2013 | 97 | 75 | 78 | 94 | 52 | 62 | 85 | 93 | 140 | 190 | 151 | 67 | 1184 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 |






















