19/10/2026
Over the last few weeks we’ve had first marathons, age-group podiums, comebacks, and seriously challenging courses and days out.
Plenty to celebrate, and I’m proud of the lot of them! 🧡
Swipe to see what my girls have been up to 👉🏻
Starting with my team at Move Better Run Better:
Rachel Williams kicked off her cross country season with a tough 5.67-mile race in 1:04:42.
Two hilly laps across farmland brought plenty of ruts, tricky descents, branches and tree roots to negotiate, but Rachel got safely round and was rewarded with tea and cake afterwards. One down, four to go!
Kath Thomas completed the Cardiff Half Marathon in 2:23:24.
No PB this time, but she achieved her main target of running ‘that hill’ and, rather significantly, finished 18 minutes faster than at Cardiff last year.
Plenty to be pleased with there.
Brenda Brooks completed the Sittingbourne 10 miler in 1:49:20 on what was, to put it mildly, a rather undulating course.
Apparently some of the hills looked a bit like Everest at points! She was proud of herself for keeping moving throughout, although she’s now declared she might stick to shorter distances from here on.
Pamela McHutchon kicked off the Surrey League XC season on Wimbledon Common, completing the 6.69K course in 33:45 to finish 3rd V65.
A beautiful sunny day with no mud, but plenty of competition! Pamela overtook a familiar rival on the second lap, only to be caught by a sprint finish in the final 200m, missing out on 2nd place by just six seconds.
A great battle and another sign that the gap to her speedy age-group rivals is narrowing.
A week later, Pamela completed her first (almost) marathon at The Dramathon in Scotland, covering 41.68km in 4:21:31 and taking 1st place in the Female Vintage category!
A beautiful but challenging course with plenty of hills and varied terrain, including a tough final 6km climb where she switched to run/walk to keep moving.
A brilliantly paced effort, rewarded with an age-category win and a rather lovely haul of wh**ky goodies!
Marie Herbert completed her first marathon at York in a fantastic 4