Category: running and life

Name: Steph Main Age: 50 How did you first get into running? It was a bit a of an odd one. When I was young I was in The Pony Club and was asked if I wanted to do something called a ‘Tetrathlon’. It was a competition that involved a cross-country ride, run, swim and […]

Huw chats to Mike Hayward about the 1997 London Marathon and finds out why you should always take care when leaving a restaurant. Name: Mike Hayward Age: 59 How did you first get into running? It was way back in 1996. Jayne and I were in a cycling club and a group of us went […]

Huw chats with Lou about her journey into running and attempts to understand the appeal of ‘ultras’. Name: Louise Phillips Age: 53 How did you first get into running? I started running in 2011. My husband and I were looking at some of our holiday photos and thought – oh we really need to lose […]

Huw is left amazed and slightly bewildered after chatting with Hannah Fletcher about her approach to running.  Hannah Fletcher Age: 38 HW: How did you first get into running? HF: I saw a post on Facebook from Tenbury Runners. They’re not a running club as such, just a group that meet up to run twice […]

Tom chats with his brother Brian Davies, one of the founding members of Croft Ambrey Running Club and an early talisman, often leading by example and featuring the Club in the local and running press. Brian DaviesAge: 79 How did you first into get running?I went to Kingsland school where sports weren’t particularly encouraged, the […]