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22/09/2026

This week was our 498th week of Monday Night Running (so 2 weeks until our social on October 5th to celebrate the 500th). It was also our 341st virtual MNR, and the penultimate Lido run as, after next week, we'll be back to Broadwood for Autumn/Winter running.

23 Dashers participated in the MNR, with 17 of those meeting at the Lido for the informal group run. And, at the weekend, 9 Dashers did Parkruns, 9 Dashers did the Moor Park event (10k run or 10k walk), and Karin and Lauren did a 2 mile swim at Swim Serpentine.

If you'd like to do an MNR (which you can do with others at 6.30pm on Monday Night at the Ruislip Lido, or anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday), please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/RunTogether/DashForFitness

21/09/2026

Very many congratulations to my client, Yogesh, who, over the last two weekends, and having followed a bespoke training plan that I created for him, got a Parkrun PB (paced by me) and a hilly Moor Park 10k PB (achieving his goal of getting on the top pages of results / top 50)🥳

If you’d like to work towards achieving your running goal by getting fitter, running faster, and/or further (anything from 100 metres to 100 miles), then please get in touch to book a professional 1-1 training programme with, an England international, and UK Athletics Running Coach (me)!

16/09/2026

This week was our 497th week of Monday Night Running (so we’ll be having a social on October 5th to celebrate our 500th), It was also our 340th virtual MNR. On the subject of numbers, it’s about time we did a milestone update. Since my last update, 2 months ago, 50 different Dashers have done MNRs, with 8 doing all of them: Dawn, Graham, Jane R, Jane W, Judith, Julia, Ken, and Suzy T.

The milestone news is that I’ve got “200 MNRs” medals to hand out to Maria, Simon, and Teresa at the social (I’ll also have a dusty one for Chris’s past efforts!) with Fiona and Jane R closing in on 200. I’ll also have a shout out for Kalpna for doing 150 MNRs, with Andrea, Jill, and Preeti just behind her. And I’ll also have the coveted “100 MNR” mugs to give to Marie and Sue N, with Nicky and Lauren just behind them on 97.

Very well done to each of you, and keep it going – you’re motivating everyone else. Talking of which, if you'd like to start or add to your count of MNRs (which you can do with others at 6.30pm on Monday Night at the Ruislip Lido, or anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday), please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/DashForFitness/Coaching

01/08/2026

Very many congratulations to my client Jane.

Since successfully completing the London Marathon, she has been training with me, and dutifully following the training plan I created for her, to increase her fitness for faster 5ks and 10ks.

In the process, Jane has successfully completed 4 distance and elevation related goals, whilst, this week, getting Strava PBs for both 5k and 10k!

If you’d like to work towards achieving your running goal by getting fitter, or running faster and/or further, then please get in touch to book a professional 1-1 training programme with a UK Athletics Running Coach and England International Runner (me)!

21/07/2026

This week was our 488th week of Monday Night Running, and our 331st virtual MNR. And it was great to welcome newbie Molly at our group run at the Ruislip Lido. Talking of the Lido, we're having a social there (at the Waters Edge) next week after our run and, amongst other things, we'll be handing out medals to all the participants of the Metropolitan Line Challenge and to the Dashers that have completed milestone MNRs,

The headline news on those milestones is that Dawn has just become the first Dasher to complete the fabulous feat of finishing 400 MNRs!!!! And In other big news the tip-top-trio of Judith, Julia, and Suzy T have all recently completed a tremendous 300th MNR!!! And, if that’s not enough to motivate you to up your running, how about the news that: Teresa, Maria, and Jane W have now reached the terrific milestone of 200 MNRs!! Very well done to each of you.

If you'd like to start or add to your count of MNRs (which you can do with others at 6.30pm on Monday Nights at the Ruislip Lido, or anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday), please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/DashForFitness/Coaching

20/07/2026

Very many congratulations to my client, Jaswinder, who, having previously completed a 50k Ultra and 2-day 100k Ultra with me, successfully completed her first ever solo Ultra, by finishing the Race to the Kings Coastal 50k.

If you’d like to work towards achieving a running goal by getting fitter, running faster, and/or further, then please get in touch to book a professional 1-1 training programme with an England International Runner, and UK Athletics Running Coach (me)!

17/06/2026

This week was our 483rd week of Monday Night Running, and our 326th virtual MNR, and 19 Dashers took part. Plus 10 Dashers participated in Parkruns (Canons Park was the most popular, whilst Lauren's visit to Southampton won the most travelled award) and 4 Dashers attended this week's Costa Run Club with Dash for Fitness.

The startling news from June's Metropolitan Line challenge is that, despite not starting until Thursday, Jane R, and Ken became the first participants to complete 2k+ run/walks incorporating every one of the 34 stations (from as far afield as Chesham and Aldgate) - and did so in time for breakfast on Sunday!!!

If you'd like to do a virtual MNR, anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday, please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/RunTogether/DashForFitness

09/06/2026

This week was our 482nd week of Monday Night Running, and our 325th virtual MNR. We had 19 Dashers taking part, with most of them (plus others) also joining the social where much fun was had doing the Metropolitan Line quiz (honestly it really was fun).

At the social, I also handed out medals to Judith and Julia for completing 300 Monday Night Runs🥳; and to Fiona, Jane W, Judith, and Julia for their successful completion of April's 5k Masterclass challenge.

Continuing the Metropolitan Line theme, the participants have already managed to do 2k+ runs/walks involving all 34 stations, and are now working to do the same in their three teams, and as individuals. The Chain Gang, and Suzy T are the current lead travellers, respectively.

Last Sunday (at 9am) saw a successful launch of the Costa Run Club with Dash for Fitness - doing up to five 1k loops (run, run/walk, or walk) from and to Costa Ruislip High St, with a social coffee (and 50% off food) afterwards.

Also on Sunday at noon, Iain was finishing off his participation in Endure 24 - as part of a team of 4 called the HAC Banana Splits - he did eight 8k hilly loops during the event's 24 hours (by contrast, I turned up at 2pm on Saturday did 4 laps and went home 🤣)

If you'd like to join the Costa Run club, come along to Pilates with Suzy on Tuesday at 1.30pm at the Stables, or do a virtual MNR, anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday, please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/DashForFitness/Coaching

04/06/2026

This week was our 481st week of Monday Night Running, and our 324th virtual MNR. And we had 17 Dashers taking part. There were also 10 Dashers that did a Parkrun, with Karin's run at Levengrove being the furthest afield.

Our latest medal challenge started on Monday. It's called the Metropolitan Line Challenge and requires individuals, teams, and the community of participants to do runs or walks of at least 2k that cover stations on the, you've guessed it, Met Line. Within, 4 days, between them, they've already covered 27 of the 34 stations!

This week we also launched the Costa Run Club with Dash for Fitness, where I'll be coaching beginners to run 5k, and improvers to run a faster 5k. The initial 2-week trial starts on Sunday at 9am - doing 1k loops from and to Costa Ruislip, with a social coffee afterwards.

If you'd like to join the Costa Run club, come along to Pilates with Suzy on Tuesday at 1.30pm at the Stables, or do a virtual MNR, anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday, please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/RunTogether/DashForFitness

27/05/2026

This week was our 480th week of Monday Night Running, and our 323rd virtual MNR. And, despite the Bank Holiday and extreme weather conditions, we still had a dozen people taking part.

The Dash Parkrun count was 9, across 7 venues, with Susmita's visit to Sizewell being the furthest away. In addition, Rohit and Alex participated in the St Albans Backyard Ultra (do a 6.7k loop every hour on the hour), which included 6 drink tokens to be used sometime between the 10am start and the last person finishing!

If you'd like to do a virtual MNR, anywhere in the world between 5pm Sunday and 11am Tuesday, please register at: https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/RunTogether/DashForFitness

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