3 Apr 2025 | Running after fifty |
Clare Ford from Grantham grew up loving sport, playing netball and hockey, and doing track and field athletics. She started running regularly in her thirties. But in her early fifties Clare was stopped in her tracks by a shock diagnosis. Six months into the Covid...
3 Mar 2025 | Running after fifty |
When I met Chris Stanley, I was immediately impressed by her warm personality and determination to remain active whilst living with Parkinson’s. We met one Saturday in November when we were both running through Colwick Country Park to the start of Colwick parkrun. I...
10 Oct 2024 | Women's ultrarunning history |
This is part six of a series of posts about the development of women’s six day running races. In 1984, the six day record changed hands five times. Firstly, Christine Barrett set a new record in the UK in May. Next, Mary Hanudel broke Barrett’s record in the USA...
7 Mar 2024 | Women's ultrarunning history |
The history of women’s six day ultra races has been overshadowed by the focus on the men’s record. The impetus for writing a series of posts about the women’s six day record came from interviewing Eleanor Robinson and Lorna Richey Michael who both competed in...
