Clare Ford – Lymphoma and Fighting Fit

Clare Ford – Lymphoma and Fighting Fit

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...
Anne Dockery – an amazing journey

Anne Dockery – an amazing journey

**Guest post** I met Anne Dockery at the British Masters Athletics Federation Championships in August 2021 where we raced each other in the 1500m (she was faster than me). I had a great chat with her afterwards and was delighted when she agreed to write a guest post...
A parkrun anniversary

A parkrun anniversary

Ten years ago, on 7th January 2012, I went to parkrun for the first time. I had been running for less than a year. I’d heard of parkrun but had only found out a few weeks before that there was a parkrun in Nottingham. I remember not being sure where to park or...
Vanessa Walker – running for a cause

Vanessa Walker – running for a cause

Vanessa Walker chose to celebrate her 60th birthday in 2019 by competing in the Dukeries 30 ultra race with her two sons and six friends from her running club. Despite a very early start and 30 miles of running, she had enough energy left to attend her own birthday...

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