I started running in 2003, I was 27 years old and not very active at all and I was starting to put on weight very gradually, perhaps half a stone a year. I joined a gym in Doncaster for £40 per month and did all the machines. One day I arrived and I forget my training kit so I decided to run outside with what ever I had on and I thought wow, this is so much better than using gym equipment so I quit the gym.

I joined Doncaster Athletic Club in 2006, of which I remain a proud committed competing member and I consider myself to be a reasonable club runner who is determined to improve. In 2013 I became the men’s club captain having never really had any ambition to do so, I also became a Leader in Running Fitness, I then became a Coach in Running Fitness. I do 2 hard sessions a week, the rest is easy running (typically slower than 7:15 minute miles). I try to do around 40 miles a week, my average for the last 12 months is 35 miles a week I also look after new runners with our sister group, the Doncaster Pacers. My blog can be found at www.http://doncasterrunner.co.uk/.

My PB’s are:

1500m - 2018 - 4:51

5 km Road – Barrow on Humber – 2015 – 17:51, Track 17:13 - 2016, Parkrun 17:33 - 2017

5 mile – Oxspring – 2015 – 29:46

10 km – Dewsbury – 2019 – 35:22 (and everyone thought I was past it lol)

10 Miles – Ferriby – 2017 – 59:18

Half Marathon – York – 2017 – 1:16:30

Marathon – London – 2017 – 2:44:35

I race everything from 1 mile to ultra (200 miles in 2017)