Dovedale Dash 2018
November 5, 2018Another Sunday, and another number to pin on. This time 2 numbers for the Dovedale Dash 2018 as Mrs BeestonRunner was also running with a number for the first time As Mrs BR was running there’s slightly less photos than normal as I didn’t fancy fumbling with a mobile phone whilst running through the River…
Worksop Halloween Half Marathon October 2018
October 30, 2018Preamble This one came as a bit of a surprise as I hadn’t planned on running another half in 2018. Unluckily for him a colleague had an entry and then succumbed to a iliotibial band problem. Wanting to remove any temptation to attempt the run he transferred his entry over to me on the Wednesday before…
Up and over Trowell Moor
October 19, 2018Wednesday evening is my late cover for work, but the upside is I get a 3 hour break before it starts. So with some nice weather I decided to head out of Beeston away from the Big Track and run up and over Trowell Moor. Trowell Moor doesn’t really compare to the large moors in…
Twiddling thumbs
September 22, 2018One of those weeks really. Managed a couple of runs, but nothing special. Each of them ended up feeling sore and taking a lot longer for it to disappear. Work was busy so no lunch time escapes to the gym or sneaking out for a Yoga lesson. All desk driving and no play makes me…
Learning on the job – Crewing the Robin Hood 100
September 20, 2018So the plan this year had been to run an offroad marathon, and then 2 months later run the Thames Trot 50 miler. But as mentioned before those fell by the wayside when I had to take a month off and cut right back. Which left me with a bit of a hole in my…
Plans Change
September 2, 2018Originally today’s plan was to be running the 26 miles Dunstable Downs Challenge, but things change. Training was going well, decent half marathon time at the Belvoir Half Marathon, pleased with my times on the London Cardiff 24 give the lack of sleep and ramping the mileage up nicely. Then I over extended myself in…
Belvoir Half Marathon 2018 – a flashback
September 1, 2018Going back in time a bit here to when I ran the Belvoir Half Marathon back in April 2018. I’d been gradually ramping up the mileage and doing a little bit of speed work, and wanted to see how it was actually coming together. I could have just done a time trial around a known…
Mindfulness, starting a journey
August 11, 2018Why explore mindfulness I’m a classic geek with an ever active mind. I’m constantly fidgetting around or wanting to get on with the next task and not relaxing. It has to be a really interesting film to fully catch my interest or I’m on my phone looking up info on IMDB or playing a simple…
Doing, not completing. That’s the important thing
August 6, 2018After a couple of week of long shifts for Ms BeestonRunner we finally had a whole Saturday free. Fancying doing something to make the most of the weather we headed North to Edale to get some hill time in together The plan was to park up in Edale, across the fields to Barber Booth, up…
London Cardiff 24 2018, a review
July 28, 2018A little big of background for this one. London Cardiff 24 is a 24 hour relay run/race from London to Cardiff for teams of 12 runners. It’s a nice mix of canal towpaths, bridleways, footpaths, the occasional bit of quiet road running and the Ridgeway at night. Oh, and lots of supermarket car parks! 2018’s…
Going through the motions
July 23, 2018Being injured sucks, I mean really sucks. My favourite things are being outside running, cycling or walking. So any time something stops me doing those I’m so grumpy, which is probably the same for most people. But one thing it does do is focus my mind on wether I could have done something to prevent…
About the Beeston Runner
July 22, 2018Hello, I’m Stuart. I live in Beeston (the Nottingham one) and run a bit. Though in the classic case of most running blogs this one is starting up because I’m currently (this is being written in July 2018) nursing an injury 🙁 (Achilles tendinopathy) and I need something to do before I go stir crazy!!…