Classic Running

Congratulations to Sofia Skidmore on being Brave of the week. I'm very proud to have coached Sofia through her early running years and I'm looking forward to seeing her progression continue at UNCP in the USA.
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Skidmore, Robinson Named Braves Of The Week - UNCP Athletics PEMBROKE – Athletics department officials from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke announced on Monday morning that women's cross country's Sofia Skidmore and football's Tre Robinson have been named the Scotland Health Care System Braves of the Week for the week ending on October 5, 2025.

Classic Running had two athletes running the Berlin marathon on the weekend. Simon posted his first sub 3 with a time of 2:59:41, a 28 minute improvement. You can see by his smile he's pleased with that performance.
Paul had a very good run clocking 3:12:23 a 6 minute improvement on his London run earlier this year. With the temperature reaching 27 degrees that was a tough day out.

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Fartlek – Classic Running Fartlek By Wayne on June 25, 2025Leave a Comment Have you tried Fartlek before? Well, this is my take on Fartlek. Fartlek, which means ‘speed play’ in Swedish, was originally an unstructured training session mixing periods of faster and slower running. There are now many adaptions to a fartlek s...

London marathon was a hot day out. 4 out of the 5 Classic Running athletes who competed managed to get a PB despite the heat.
Carmichael 2:43:59 (PB by 2'55" )
Leslie 2:51:37 (PB by 3'54")
Paul 3:18:51 (PB by 10'04")
Georgia 3:57:36 (First marathon, target sub 4)
James 2:51:27 just missed his PB by a couple of minutes.
Well done to all.

Classic Running had 4 athletes in the Paddock Wood Half Marathon on the weekend and they produced 4 PB's. Pierre ran 76:59(PB by 4'45"), Tom 78:09(40"), Jamie 84:40(5'59"), Natalie 89:20(6'16"). Congratulations to all.

Great run by Leslie in the Seville marathon on the weekend. He posted a massive 28 minute PB clocking 2:55:31. A well deserved result after all the hard work he has put in.

Congratulations to Carmichael and Jamie for setting PB's in the Valencia marathon today.

That's a great finishing spot for the marathon. Here in Valencia hoping a couple of athletes will come away with PBs this weekend.

Always nice to get a testimonial from an athlete who has improved their PBs. Thank you Ian.

Testimonials – Classic Running Testimonials Ben Haines – November 2020 With a 2:51 marathon PB I had the goal of a sub 2:45 marathon. The challenge being my time is limited with a travelling job and young family so I have to get the most out of the training I do. I found reassurance with Wayne’s proven track record personally...

Great day for Classic Running athletes.
Ian clocked 34:39 knocking 50 seconds off his 10k PB, following on from his 21 second PB over 5k the week before when he ran 16:39.
Carmichael ran his first marathon after starting running less than two years ago and finished with a 2:50:28.
Jamie smashed his toe on a rock 6 weeks before today's Rotterdam Marathon, couldn't wear his Vaporlys but still managed a 2 minute PB with 3:15:51.
Tom did a 5k race in Trinidad & Tobago. He finished 3rd and won enough money to keep him in sun tan lotion for the next 10 years.

A great weekend for Classic Running athletes. Ville (20:49) and Jamie (19:37) both posted PB's in their Park Run on Saturday. The following day Susie knocked 1min 45 off her best half marathon finishing with 1:21:51 and 2nd female at Bideford. Meanwhile in Rome Luca smashed his PB by 2min 48 to clock 1:18:36.