Philip's Blog

Bath Half Marathon, Bath, 7 Mar 10

blog2690494 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:05:16 +0000

I just about managed to get under 71 mins this year, which may not be as fast as I should ...

Caerdydd Cross Challenge, 17 Jan 10

blog2690494 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:37:31 +0000

I was glad to run in Caerdydd on a sunny day after all the snow and ice had finally melted ...

Gloucester New Year 5, Hardwicke, 1 Jan 2010

blog2690494 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:27:25 +0000

I can't really claim that around 26.45 for 5 miles is a great athletic achievement, but it was a great relief to get 2010 off to a winning start.

BMC XC Champs and Mike Sully & Gemma Butler Races

blog2690494 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:57:25 +0000

I've loaded over 100M of photos from the 2009 Mike Sully's races onto Flickr.

It was another year of wet ...

Axa 5, Bristol, 1 Sep 09

blog2690494 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:15:52 +0100

It was a good start to the autumn as I won a wet Axa 5 from Andy Harrison and Phil ...

Wellington 10K, Taunton, 12 Jul 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:24:27 +0100

I managed to retain the Wellington 10K today in 33.55 - 20 seconds faster than last year. It's an interesting ...

5000m, Avon League, Yate, 28 Jun 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:37:14 +0100

It was a lot closer than last year, but I won this month's Avon League 5000m in around 15.45, just ...

parkrun, Cardiff, 30 May 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:28:33 +0100

The parkruns are called time trials, and the Cardiff course took me 15.40 and Sian 19.00 yesterday. It was a ...

Bridge Inn 5K, Bristol, 26 May 09

blog2690494 — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:34:28 +0100

In the end I won this month's Bridge in 15.45, after I had struggled to keep up with Gary H. ...

BMAF Road Relays, Sutton Park, 16 May 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:37:04 +0100

In the end we finished third in this year's M40 8 Stage, and the girls were second in the W45, ...

CSSC 10K, Battersea Park, 12 May 09

blog2690494 — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:17:05 +0100

I safely retained the CSSC 10K title, only clocking 32.54, but I was slowing down by the end and the ...

Bristol 10K, 10 May 09

blog2690494 — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:14:30 +0100

I finished 22nd in this year's Bristol 10K in 32.36, I still think I should run faster over this course, ...

Bridge Inn 5K, Bristol, 28 Apr 09

blog2690494 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:25:36 +0100

I finished second in 15.39 in this month's Bridge Inn, Michael Johnson won in 14.54, which is one of the ...

Bath Half Marathon, 15 Mar 09

blog2690494 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:30:34 +0000

I finished in around 70.30 in Bath today, a massive relief after a miserable few months since my last half ...

Inter Counties XC, Nottingham, 7 Mar 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:46:28 +0000

In the end I finished 129th at Nottingham today, at one point things were looking much worse as I ...

Longleat 10K, 1 Mar 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:43:03 +0000

I won at Longleat today, I think it's the first race I've won since September, and that was in the ...

Bridge Inn 5K, Bristol, 25 Feb 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:20:29 +0000

I finished 4th in 15.41 in the February Bridge Inn, which is one of those kind of acceptable but not ...

Vilamoura, 13-22 Feb 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:31:27 +0000

Fri 13 Feb 09
It was almost 22.00 when I arrived at Lulsgate on Thursday, and we were back there ...

Midlands XC Champs, Mansfield, 24 Jan 09

blog2690494 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:53:45 +0000

I finished 35th in this year's Midlands XC, sometime earlier Phil Nicholls won, Tom R. was 4th as the team ...

Gwent League, Bristol, 6 Dec 08

blog2690494 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:00:47 +0000

I finished 12th at Blaise Castle today, and just perhaps it was the first real sign that I'm back on ...

Mike Sully, Bristol, 23 Nov 08

blog2690494 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:18 +0000

I'm tempted to say another year, another Mike Sully, in the end I finished 21st, not really much progress towards ...

Masters XC Home International, Swansea, 15 Nov 08

blog2690494 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:40:24 +0000

I finished 21st in the race and 4th in the M45 age group at Swansea, Dan M. won the M45 ...

CSSC XC Champs, Richmond Park, 5 Nov 08

blog2690494 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:29:07 +0000

I finished third, a long way adrift of Lewys and Marc, and only a few seconds ahead of Matt Clapp ...

Bridge Inn 5K, Bristol, 28 Oct 08

blog2690494 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:15:48 +0000

I finished second in 16.03, Simon R. won and Rezzi was third. I've got a long way to go to ...

South West XC Relays, Kings College Taunton, 26 Oct 08

blog2690494 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:02:43 +0000

For the record, Rich Peters completed the B&W Junior team victory in this event, and Bristol Uni won the women, ...

National 6 and 4 Stage Road Relays, Sutton Park, 18 Oct 08

blog2690494 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:13:15 +0100

The Bristol men finished a commendable fourth in Sutton Park today, frustrating yes, but the team all ran well, especially ...

Royal Victoria Half Marathon, Canada, 12 Oct 08

blog2690494 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:51:34 +0100

The race did not go well for me today, I finished in 73.43 8th in the race and 2nd M45.

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Navy 5 Miler, Washington USA, 28 Sep 08

blog2690494 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:38:00 +0100

This is what the Washington Post said:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802478.html?nav=rss_sports

I clocked 26.22 winning the Navy 5 Miler in Washington today, in ...

Midland 6 and 4 Stage Road Relays, Sutton Park, 20 Sep 08

blog2690494 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:00:26 +0100

Bristol and West won the men's 6 stage and were second in the women's 4 stage relays today!!!!! The youngsters ...

Bristol Half Marathon, 14 Sep 08

blog2690494 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:20:38 +0100

I finished 15th in just over 71.30 in the Bristol Half this year, all in all I'm quite happy with ...