I've finally bought some new Saucony running shoes, says Shaun Lowthorpe Runnorfolk blogger

Who else knew that my new running shoes are pronounced ‘Sockony’ and not ‘Sa-Coney’?

Ok, so after much umming and ahhing and not a little encouragement from the runnorfolk Facebook community I finally went[…]

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These rabbits are playing havoc with my running training

Why chips and chocolate do not a good running training combo make

It’s been a funny old couple of weeks for my running training. Having got myself all geared up for the[…]

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These Saucony running shoes survived the Beast from the East but now really is the time to get some new running shoes.

Should I buy new running shoes this close to my half marathon?

My running shoes are an embarrassment. Once a proud pair of Sauconys, they are ragged, a sorry looking pair worn[…]

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Snow keeps many runners indoors across Norfolk

What next now that the Broadland Half Marathon has been cancelled?

We will be back – vows Broadland Half Marathon organiser So the beast from the East has unleashed its mighty[…]

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Runnorfolk blogger Shaun Lowthorpe at the start of the Wissey Half Marathon

Why the Wissey Half Marathon took more out of me than I thought

Wissey Half Marathon was the one I’d be training for. After completing Run Norwich in an Ok-ish 52 minutes, it[…]

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Catton Park Run is a semi-regular part of my training when I can get there says Runnorfolk blogger Shaun Lowthorpe

Well done Catton Park Run 200! But alas another run fail for Mr Nearly Ran

8.10am – Wife: ‘Aren’t you going for a parkrun this morning?’ Me: ‘Urrgghh – yep, going on my way’ Exit[…]

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Rhosillin Beach, Gower Peninsula, Wales by Shaun Lowthorpe Runnorfolk

A little bit of Unthank Road atop a Welsh Brynn and why I didn’t run the Swansea Half Marathon

I’ve just come back from a trip to Wales – Reynoldston in Gower, South Wales, to be precise. It was great,[…]

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Pete and Jon enjoying a drink after the Liverpool marathon

How interval running around Chapelfield Gardens helped me run my first marathon in under four hours

Feeling unfit as he neared 40, Jon Welch, pictured above right, took up running. Fast forward five years and Jon, who[…]

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