QueeNs Park Harriers

St Albans, 18/01/26   A mild and overcast (but thankfully dry) Sunday morning set the scene for the Fred Hughes 10 Mile in St Albans — a race I’d heard talked about a lot at track, always with glowing reviews. This was my first ever event with Queens Park Harriers, so it felt like the perfect one to jump in and see what it was all about (and yes, the t-shirt definitely helped seal the deal). The course itself didn’t disappoint, winding through lovely country lanes around St

Date: 1 January 2026 Location: Hyde Park, London Having spent 12 of the last 15 years working within a stone’s throw of Marble Arch, the race route felt very familiar. The event, organised by the Serpentine Running & Triathlon Club in partnership with Active Training World, takes place on traffic-free paths through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. I’m hugely grateful to all the volunteers who made this wonderful event possible. I’ve long been aware of the Serpentine RTC, hav

Saikat Chatterjee Like many serendipitous things in life, this too began with a refusal.  My Bucket list is (was?) to run all the World Majors (4/7!). I don’t remember the exact moment when this morphed into an obsession, but I reckon this was around the time I ran the London Marathon for a second time in 2021. I saw some folks walking away into the sunset with a garland of six medals at the finish line, serenaded by some bugles and gun salutes. Tokyo 2025 was going to be the

Berlin: fast and flat, promising your ultimate PB! Well, no, not this time.   My road to Berlin had started with great expectations. But...

In all ways, it was the longest day of the year. I don't know exactly when I came up with the idea of a beer marathon. Consuming podcasts...

This was always going to be extremely hard. The Paddy Buckley round is the Welsh equivalent of the Bob Graham Round , with a goal of...

“It’s not for everyone”, one or two people said when I told them I was thinking about signing up for my first Green Belt Relay. Maybe...

Coming off the back of some really great progress in my 2024 marathons, I’d truly developed an appetite to see what more I can do. I came...

So the Original Marathon is a little known marathon, mostly because it has not been run that many times before and it's not a "race" for...

Ignore the Signs….Sometimes!   I wanted to sign up for an international marathon in the year I turned 60 to challenge myself. I was...

Having done this event a few times before, I particularly wanted to run it this time being twenty-five years after my first race of the...

I’ve always considered myself a fair-weather runner. As a rule, I don’t do hills or mud, I hate being cold and can convince myself quite...

In 2020ish I decided to try to go from being ‘someone that occasionally runs’ to being ‘a runner’. I had no intention of running becoming...

The Vitality 10K is one of my favourite races of the autumn, unique with live bands, great music and crowds. Leading up to the race, my...

I had been thinking of attempting this marathon twenty years ago. The idea came back with some amazing reviews from one or two Sudbury...

Home-made bin liner ponchos, 70% chance of thunderstorms, heavy rain and kit bags full of dry clothing for changing into after the...

For context, if you don't know me, my name is Susan, sometimes "No Strava Susan"  or in my former online running club pre Harriers "Less...

Like many good plans, this one was hatched over some good food and a good bottle of wine on a dark winter night. As a group of friends...

Three minutes of pain was nearly over – in sight, the finishing line and another runner!  Maybe I won’t be last after all? One last...

Previous race reports have taken readers to Stockholm, Paris, and Mallorca, around the Bob Graham, and to London Marathon glory....