Author: Huw Williams

Age: 62 How did you first get into running? At university and into my early 30s my sport was squash. I only ran a bit to keep fit; always on my own and as a means to an end.  All changed one summer’s evening when my opponent didn’t turn up for a match. I decided […]

Age: 48 How did you first get into running? I’m literally a lockdown runner. In March 2020, like so many people, I had to work at home. I’ve always struggled with my weight, mostly through eating the wrong types of food. I knew that, being confined to home, it could go one of two ways […]

Age: 27 How did you first get into running? You had to run cross country at school (John Beddoes in Presteign) but I was more into squash. I played at County level until left school. When I got to 6th Form I didn’t do well in my mocks and I got kicked out. I went […]

Age: 46 How did you first get into running? I actually came along to Croft about 14 years ago. It was a club training night over at Bircher. I was the slowest there and found it so hard, I really struggled. Everyone was really nice but I only went to 2 sessions. That was before […]

Age 72 How did you first get into running? I’ve always run as long as I can remember. When I was quite young I used to run with an older friend and kept up with him easily. Not only was I physically very small as a boy, academically I was bright and they put up […]