Having recently purchased ‘the Stick’ which is, as the name suggests, a stick – but a stick that does more than the name gives it credit for.
A podium place, but I still need to hang my head in shame.
November 15th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | 1 Comment
Don’t you ever forget that you heard the name Lewis Holmes here first, and I finished on the same podium!
London Marathon Ballot – I’ve not made it!
October 13th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | Comment
Why can’t I get in? And why can’t I just run?! You don’t expect a footballer to raise money for charity every time he plays!
Great North Run build up – part two
September 10th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | Comment
Another week down to my big race of the season – The Great North Run. With less than 2 weeks to go I’m now starting to worry a little. My worries are fuelled by an injury which I’m still overcoming as it only occurred a matter of a few weeks ago. I have an over-rotation [...]
Great North Run build up – part one
August 28th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | 1 Comment
Firstly, apologies for the delay since my last post, it’s been busy on a personal level. Time for a quick review of the last couple of months. Well, training was going well – I managed two PBs for the 10k distance in the early summer, with a new best time of 39 minutes and 39 [...]
Coming back from injury
May 14th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | Comment
Running is a difficult sport to partake in; there’s all that hard work of getting yourself into shape with no quick fix, just regular, consistent training, which involves hard work and some sweat along the way. Then, once you’ve got yourself into great shape (and usually just before the big race day) along comes an [...]
Liz Yelling – Running, life and more
May 12th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | CommentA couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity of interviewing one of the UK’s greatest female distance runners – Liz Yelling. In this second part of the interview, Liz Yelling offers insight into her achievements to date, Beijing disappointment, as well as life as an athlete and advice for running mums. You left your [...]
Liz Yelling offers some last minute tips for the FLM
April 24th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | Comment
It was with great pleasure that yesterday, I managed to speak to one of the greatest distance runners in the UK. Liz Yelling has quite literally been there, done it and got the t-shirt. She completed the 2008 London marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 33 seconds finishing in thirteenth [...]
