testimonial
Ben Moreau
Nick has coached me for over 12 years now and under his guidance I have progressed from an athlete who couldn’t make the county team to reaching the 2010 European Championships Great Britain team for the marathon. I have progressed every year with PBs over various distances almost every single year. I have represented Great Britain students… Read More
Pam & Jo’s story
“Neither Jo or myself had ever run before and the thought of jogging to the end of the road was daunting, let alone running our first 5k. Jo was an ice skater and suffered a knee injury which involved a long rehab process. We were pretty devastated when she was unable to train or skate… Read More
Jaye Jacobs
“I was that girl that refused to run for the bus. That refused to do anything that involved my breasts moving unless I was in a controlled environment that wasn’t too sweaty and that preferably didn’t have any one else around. Surprisingly this left me few options and plenty of excuses NOT to exercise. Which… Read More
Naomi’s story
I started running just over a year ago, having been encouraged to enter my local 5k Race For Life. Although I am a keen cyclist, I had not run since leaving school. I started to go for regular runs to practice for the race, determined I was going to run the whole way in a… Read More
Alan’s story
“At the end 2006, as I made my new years resolutions, I realised that I had spent more than half my life as a heavy smoker. This combined with daily lunchtime drinking had changed a once fit Army soldier into an unfit, 16 stone office worker. To try and address this I started to jog… Read More
Andy Vernon
I am Andy Vernon, 24 and I compete over 5000m, 10000m and cross country. My career highlights include my 1st European medal (silver) at the European Junior Cross Country Champs in 2005, running sub 13.30 over 5000m for the first time (2010) and finishing 44th at the World Cross Country Champs in 2010. I have been… Read More
From our runners' blogs
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benmoreau wrote a new blog post: Fagan gives food for thought 1 week, 2 days ago · View
The news about Martin Fagan this week was at first glance another story of elite runners with more money than sense showing utter disrespect for their fellow competitors in a pursuit for glory (more cash). Yet reading a little more into his situation, if we believe it, revealed a side to athletics that we rarely [...]
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suewatson wrote a new blog post: can I be cured in nine weeks? 1 week, 2 days ago · View
We went to Paris last weekend to celebrate Colin’s significant birthday. We walked over 20miles and saw nearly all the unmissable sights. We went to see the Eiffel tower at night as it lights up on the hour for 10mins…… quite stunning. I dont do well with heights and it made me feel quite ill [...]
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benmoreau wrote a new blog post: A 10km win, with a difference! 2 weeks, 5 days ago · View
I was in Berlin anyway for New ears Eve with some friends and they had found this race and so wanted to do it in fancy dress. This gave me ideas about running it instead of my tempo run and also join in the fun by seeing what costume I could wear and still be [...]
news
Phoebe joins Women’s Running magazine….
Phoebe joins Women’s Running magazine as a training expert and running coach on their expert panel! Starting off in the ‘spotlight on’ section in the coming issue, Phoebe is then looking forward to settling in as a resident expert at the Women’s hottest running magazine offering training advice on your running and discussing the latest… Read More
RunBristol Training Days
In a new initiative the RunBristol Training Days are now linking in with the Ashton Court weekly 5k Park Run series. You can learn everything you need to about how to train successfully to improve that 5k and what it takes to progress onto the half marathon when you sign up for these training days.… Read More
PAULOS IS UK SCHOOLS XC CHAMPION
A huge well done to Paulos Asgodom for going one better than last week and today winning the UK Schools XC International in Northern Ireland. Paulos finished 2nd last weekend in Nottingham at the prestigious English Schools XC championships to gain his first England vest. As if second wasn’t enough, this ever hungry athlete proudly represented… Read More
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Time for a change
So here we go again… the spring marathon goal for 2011 is getting ever closer. Which schedule should I choose and which one is best? It’s a minefield out there with every magazine, race organiser and trainer offering a plan. Traditional training schedules have described workloads based around mileage. “You can’t run a marathon unless… Read More
New Year dreams for the Chasers
Last week, Nick and Phoebe were guests of the Mornington Chasers, the North London running club. “It was great to have someone of Nick Anderson’s status to come to the Mornington Chasers to give a talk about training. The icing on the cake was that his partner from Running With Us, Phoebe Thomas, came along… Read More
Great Bentley Running Club
Hi Nick and Phoebe, I felt I had to write on behalf of myself and all the great Bentley members who attended both of your training days with us. What struck me instantly was the way you both made our runners of all abilities feel and believe they were athletes all day. This is never… Read More
