2024 - Looking back at the year
2024 was a year that always going to be a big one. I'd steadily improved for a number of years and knew with a bit of extra training and commitment I could enter the bottom of the M50 category and be competitive. I posted in January that I was going to give everything and see where things would end up. Looking back on the year - I PB'd ever major distance apart from 10k - which is something I'm very proud of. In terms of rankings across the M50 category - top 10 in the North East region and there or thereabouts top 100 in the UK. Best achievements and rankings Best races parkrun was where my love for running started. So getting a sub-17 (16:57) at the 5k distance was something I was over the moon about. Averaging 3:29/km on the way out but conserving energy tucked into a group running into the wind I knew I had something in the bag for the way back. 3:21 and then 3:16 for the 4th and 5th km was something I didn't think I had in me - but the adrenalin and slight tail ...