Having a page entitled “My palmares” might seem pretentious, but that’s one thing I can’t be accused of being!
I have decided to keep a record of the events I’ve completed for my own interest, to see my progression.
As time has passed, I’ve started moving from being a “completer” to more of a “competer”. I’ve come a long way, and have more to go.
Progression
The progression that I’m proudest of is undoubtedly my 20 minute improvement year on year at the Polar Night Half Marathon. The event is held in Tromso (northern Norway in the Arctic circle) and run in the afternoon in the pitch black on snow and ice. The route is lit with oil burners, and this is by far and away the most quirky event I’ve competed in.
Close behind this is the improvement in my half marathon times. My first time was a little over 2 hours 3 years ago, and I’m now targeting 01:45 at the Surrey Half in March 2018.
| Event | When | Time |
|---|---|---|
| SuperSprint Tri | May 2012 | 01:27 |
| Surrey Half Marathon | March 2014 | 02:02 |
| Fleet Half Marathon | March 2014 | 01:58 |
| SuperSprint Tri | May 2015 | 01:27 |
| SuperSprint Tri | July 2015 | 01:23 |
| Surrey Half Marathon | March 2016 | 02:02 |
| Steelman Sprint Tri | June 2016 | 01:30 |
| Whole Banana (Challenge) Tri | July 2016 | 02:06 |
| Sprint Duathlon | September 2016 | 01:23 |
| Surrey Hills Half Marathon | September 2016 | 02:12 |
| Loseley Half Marathon | October 2016 | 02:09 |
| Polar Night Half Marathon | January 2017 | 02:09 |
| Olympic Duathlon | February 2017 | 02:43 |
| Surrey Half Marathon | March 2017 | 01:51 |
| Olympic Duathlon | March 2017 | 02:44 |
| Bolt Round the Holt Half Marathon | March 2017 | 01:52 |
| Olympic Duathlon | April 2017 | 02:43 |
| Fox Ultra Half Marathon | April 2017 | 01:56 |
| Olympic Duathlon | May 2017 | 02:36 |
| Slateman Standard Tri | May 2017 | 03:37 |
| The Hurt Half Marathon | June 2017 | 02:17 |
| Blenheim Sprint Tri | June 2017 | 01:30 |
| Leeds Castle Olympic | June 2017 | 02:57 |
| Bananaman Olympic Tri | July 2017 | 02:44 |
| Marlow Fugitive Half Tri | July 2017 | 05:58 |
| The Brutal Half Tri | September 2017 | 08:41 |
| BallBuster Duathlon | November 2017 | 03:50 |
| Polar Night Half Marathon | January 2018 | 01:50 |
| Surrey Half Marathon | March 2018 | DNS (Illness) |
| London Landmarks Half | April 2018 | DNS (Injury) |
| Manchester Marathon | April 2018 | DNS (Injury) |