Brody The Runner

    Increasing your distance in running is a daunting task .   One of the best ways of increasing your distance is through a road race. If you are going to do the fart h est dist ance ever, you might as well get a medal and a T -shirt for your troubles. So, I decided to do the Armagh 10-mile road race, but little did I know that I would be taking part in one of the hardest races in my life.   Firstly, a bit of information about the Armagh 10 mile. The race  takes place at the Navan cent re in country Armagh and is organised by the Armagh Athletics Club. The course is a simple 10-mile loop around the Nav an cent re .     The race started at 10am, which gave me plenty of time to prepare. My pre-race   meal consisted of a bowl of Weetabix , a glass of water, a glass of orange juice and a cup of tea with a spoon full of sugar. It might not be scientifically the best pre-race fuel, but I like it.   At the Navan cent re I began...

  Usually, every Saturday I participate in my local parkrun with one goal in mind. Do better than last week. Therefore, I am usually under a lot of pressure. That is why I like to participate in different parkruns to release the pressure, and to have more fun. Fortunately, for the last couple of weeks I was able to get the time to try the parkruns in Belfast, in what I like to call a Belfast tour. Now that the tour is over for the time being ( I still have four more to do) I want to share the experience and show the benefits of parkruns .   Firstly, it started with Stormont. As the name implies, it takes place in the beautiful Stormont estate . Out of the parkruns that I have done in Belfast it is definitely the most scenic. However, you can’t get too caught up in sightseeing as you still have to get over the hil ls. Stormont parkrun is a standard two lap parkrun with no changes between laps , so you don’t have to worry about where you are going in the s...