Thursday 1st September #69 This morning I completed #69. Was a lovely bright morning, a slight breeze was blowing to start with but got hotter later on. Started at around 9.20 at Radbrook Centre, ran round the Radbrook Green Park pond, took some photos and selfies, waved at a couple of ducks and off I […]
Hello Runners I often hear from people I train how tight and sore their hamstrings feel before, during & after workouts or runs. Hamstrings are muscles that are often weak, that’s why they feel sore, giving the impression that they are tight. Together with the gluteus group, their weakness will cause other muscles in our […]
Platanes, Crete 8am, sun already blaring!! Don’t know how hot it is but all I know is it’s now or it’s another day without running, and I have this need to run. Temperatures will reach 28c later on. Armed with my Garmin and iPhone for music and Strava I jog to the beach which is […]
Saturday morning 8.45 am, The Quarry Park, Shrewsbury and Parkrun will start in 15 minutes. I look around and see roughly 300 runners of all ages, shapes and sizes. The fastest runners, the ones that start at the front and regularly finish in the top 20 have done some of the routines that every runner […]
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Heyyyy Road Runners ! ( and all other runners too ) When I first started running it felt like I’ve been in a cage all my life and all of a sudden I was freed .. It felt like I owned the pavements, I would just go out there and improvise the route, didn’t care […]
Heyyy Runners ! It’s Friday night or as I prefer to call it “Parkrun Eve’s” night . Will be talking soon about Parkrun but tonight I want to talk about how I caught the bug, the “running bug”. I bet you can all remember your first ever “road run” , what do you mean you […]
This is exciting !!! My first blog …. I’m speechless, ha ha ( I’m speechless most of the time, except when I’m asked to talk about running !! ) Today I will briefly explain my nickname “Rik RoadRunner” It has nothing to do with the big bird in Wile E Coyote cartoons, even though I […]
Rik RoadRunner 