Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2014’
Great South Run 2014
0This was my second time completing the 10 mile route through Portsmouth which is the Great South Run, although my first time as a stormtrooper! I loved it – it’s one of my favourite runs, and as ever, the support was incredible. An extra boost …
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The Great South Mini Run
I am an extremely proud father. At 8 years old, Jack took part in the Great South Mini Run, a distance of 1.5 km, and ran the entire distance wearing an extremely cumbersome and challenging Darth Vader costume. Given that it was Jack’s obsession with …
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Darth Vader Joins The Team
Way back in 2013 when I decided to compete in a large number of long distance races in fancy dress to raise money for Kidscape I asked my son, Jack, for his thoughts on a possible costume. It was his obsession with Star Wars which …
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Hull Parkrun
In view of the fact that I was unable to compete in the Bournemouth Marathon this year, I decided to take part in my very first Parkrun on Saturday 4th October in Hull. Parkrun is a fantastic opportunity for anyone at all to compete in …
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Injured Trooper
Unfortunately almost every runner has suffered from some type of injury at some point, and although I’m a big strong Imperial Stormtrooper sometimes things happen which cause problems with running. At the start of September I had a knee injury which meant that I had …
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