Category Archives: Freedom News

On 2nd October this year I will be running the London marathon to raise funds for Cancer Focus NI. London will be my ninth marathon, and the final one of the six marathon majors (New York, Tokyo, Boston, Chicago, Berlin and London). Cancer Focus NI is our local cancer charity, Read the full article…

My 8th marathon and I just squeaked a new Personal Best of 4 hours, 25 minutes, 33 seconds! It was a long road to Berlin as I registered for the marathon at the end of 2019, but the pandemic put paid to the 2020 event so my entry was deferred Read the full article…

I completed my seventh marathon in Chicago on Sunday, 13th October.  Almost 45,000 runners, 20,000 volunteers and an estimated 1.7million supporters turned out along the course – equivalent to almost the entire population of Northern Ireland! I struggled on the day and finished in a time of 4 hours, 43 minutes, Read the full article…

On 16th April (Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts) I completed the iconic Boston marathon in the worst weather I have every run in! Heavy rain, cold and strong winds meant the roughly 27,000 runners were soaked and freezing before we even crossed the start line. The support along the route was Read the full article…

The Tokyo Marathon on February 26th, 2017 was my fifth marathon, but the hardest so far! I had a niggling leg injury in the weeks leading up to the marathon, which impacted on the crucial last few weeks of training.  I lined up at the start line unsure if I Read the full article…