Brilliant weekend in Bideford running in the @bidefordaac 10k race and representing England in the VW75 team 😍😍
What an honour and a privilege
(even though I was wearing the wrong England vest 🤔)
#EAMastersTeam
@englandathletics
#runningwith2newhips
#runningover75
#runninglife
Eight VW75s on the start line of Brighton 10K last week: a small but mighty slice of the UK rankings. Mum was one of them. Still competitive. Still turning up. Still campaigning for participation with the same energy she brings to racing almost every weekend because for her, running is – above all – a social thing.
I joined her on her first sub-60 since getting two new hips. We kept clipping elbows, and I definitely slipped into somewhat overbearing coach-in-training mode.
And, selfishly, I most loved listening to the post-race debrief between her and the other VW75s, double-checking their actual ages (there’s an big difference between 77 and 75.5), and rating their runs as they chase national vests. It made me wonder what I’ll be obsessing over at their age.
Thanks to @soarrunning & @collingemaddy for a lovely hour’s run along the sea front where we used to spend every holiday. 🫶
What a awesome week
Warm sunny Italy
Cold snowy Switzerland
Lots of running, hiking cheese eating and sight seeing
Raced in the very old and famous #Murtenlauf in Fribourg
Stayed in a very proper hotel in Davos #Alpine Inn and drove over some lairy passes
