Another Year Over......
Yesterday I completed my goal of running 1000 miles in 2021. In many ways this has been a stressful year for us and I've lost running days due to everything from post-vaccine fever, to building-related stress and toothache, so finally reaching my target felt like quite an achievement this year. It's a reminder too of how running continues to be my rock during difficult times. In many respects it has been a more 'normal' running year than 2020. We have seen the return of parkrun, which has been wonderful. I will never forget the emotion of that first post-lockdown parkrun when we returned to Huddersfield. All those smiling faces and a feeling of optimism in the air! It was really very special. Later on, I remembered the excitement of how it feels to do a bit of parkrun 'tourism', trying out a new route for the first time. We took on the challenging course at Frickley Country Park and conquered the dreaded zig-zag hill. Races got...