A lovely day for a jaunt around the Northamptonshire countryside for my 3rd consecutive Shires and Spires 2018 race.

Another hot day for a marathon, this time 4 laps around Roche Abbey and the surrounding countryside with a few hilly sections thrown in for good luck.

Hot hot hot! along the streets of London.

Marathon #24 was less than week after wading through the Suffolk countryside, and was return to Suffolk, but this time for a 2 lap course around the town of Bungay and neighboring villages.

My first marathon of 2018 and a trip to Barrow for day 4 of their summer 4 in 4 days running festival. The evening before and during the race morning there was torrential rain which meant some sections of the course were slightly waterlogged.

This was the first time I'd done back to back marathons. It was flipping cold on the Saturday and rained for most of the Sunday.

The Nottingham Christmas Marathon was held at the national water sports centre at Holme Pierrepont. The marathon consisted of just under 9 laps of 3 miles each.

Another race up near Leeds with ItsGrimUpNorthRunning. 3 laps of just under 9 miles with a mixture of road and trail. 

Marathon No. 20 was the Nottingham marathon. This was a large event which encompassed the half marathon as well. Some of my fellow club members also ran so it was great to meet up at the end.

This was a trail marathon that looped around Thetford and headed out in the countryside. Luckily I had programmed the route into my new GPS watch so didn't get lost too much.