It was the race I wasn’t meant to run. Last week I found my race number for the Hastings Half and thought I’d give Run-Walk strategy a go. The day after I posted that, I managed to make my injury worse with pain in my achilles tendon when walking. I pretty much gave up the idea of...

Back when I was planning to run the London Marathon, I booked a place in the Hastings Half Marathon on 24th March which was meant to be part of my training. Since getting injured and deciding not to do London, I’d forgotten about the Hastings Half. Then earlier this week I found my race...