{"id":1858,"date":"2018-01-01T18:46:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2018-01-01T18:46:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:46:50","slug":"my-year-in-running-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"My Year In Running – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 was a brilliant running year for me. <\/p>\n

The main goal was to participate in the Birmingham Marathon<\/a> but there were various other events throughout the year which contributed to it being such a good year. <\/p>\n

The most memorable were three events where I was able to set personal bests over three different distances. (links are to my Strava records)<\/p>\n

Badgers 10k \u2013 Finishing time 49:13<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Badgers2\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A very popular local race and while it\u2019s not really a course that\u2019s made for personal bests (because of the hills!) I ran this one in the final third of my marathon training so was I feeling really good. <\/p>\n

Great North Run \u2013 Finishing Time 1:43:38<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"20x30-GNRT1036\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What an event. Well organised, great crowds on a course that takes in the sights of a brilliant part of the north east. I was also able to catch up with friends and family while I was there which made it into a fab weekend away. Really hoping I can do this one again. <\/p>\n

Birmingham Marathon \u2013 Finishing Time 3:59:06<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bham1\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve already written about this<\/a> but running Birmingham\u2019s new marathon in under four hours was the major goal I wanted to achieve in 2017.<\/p>\n

Lots of hard training miles went into it but it redefined my personal relationship with running. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have any specific plans to run the event again at this point but it will hold some really fond memories for me<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not all about PBs though! <\/p>\n

A special mention must go to<\/p>\n

Coventry Park Run<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cov1\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Parkrun<\/a> is a fantastic idea. <\/p>\n

Simply put it\u2019s a weekly free running event that anyone can attend. I\u2019ve wanted to get involved for ages but because of the way my Saturday mornings currently work I haven\u2019t been able to. However, my plans on the day before Christmas Eve meant that I was able to finally see what it was all about. <\/p>\n

I had a really good time and it was great to see so many people getting out (over 600!) <\/p>\n

So onto 2018. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got a couple of runs booked but no single event to work towards just yet. I\u2019ve got a couple of ideas but I\u2019ll be relying on ballot systems for a couple of those. We\u2019ll see. <\/p>\n

That said I\u2019ve got those new personal best times to attack. At least two of those times I\u2019m confident I can shave a few minutes off. I\u2019ll certainly give it a go. <\/p>\n

Bring it on! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2017 was a brilliant running year for me. The main goal was to participate in the Birmingham Marathon but there were various other events throughout the year which contributed to it being such a good year. The most memorable were three events where I was able to set personal bests over three different distances. (links<\/p>\n

<\/span>Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nMy Year In Running - 2017 - Andy's Techie Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Year In Running - 2017 - Andy's Techie Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2017 was a brilliant running year for me. The main goal was to participate in the Birmingham Marathon but there were various other events throughout the year which contributed to it being such a good year. The most memorable were three events where I was able to set personal bests over three different distances. (linksRead More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Andy's Techie Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-01T18:46:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Badgers2_thumb.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Parkes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Parkes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/\",\"name\":\"My Year In Running - 2017 - Andy's Techie Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-01T18:46:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-01T18:46:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3534e8ac6b1bec765cd061feff56679d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My Year In Running – 2017\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Andy's Techie Blog\",\"description\":\"Professional Geek\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3534e8ac6b1bec765cd061feff56679d\",\"name\":\"Andy Parkes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3824cbf53df51d7ca5cf809b6ad81a157fbfff2292e36ab8666f04ddad06bfcc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3824cbf53df51d7ca5cf809b6ad81a157fbfff2292e36ab8666f04ddad06bfcc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andy Parkes\"},\"description\":\"Andy Parkes is Technical Director at Coventry based IT support company IBIT Solutions. Formerly, coordinator of AMITPRO and Microsoft Partner Area Lead for 2012-2013. He also isn't a fan of describing himself in the third person.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/author\/andyparkes\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My Year In Running - 2017 - Andy's Techie Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"My Year In Running - 2017 - Andy's Techie Blog","og_description":"2017 was a brilliant running year for me. The main goal was to participate in the Birmingham Marathon but there were various other events throughout the year which contributed to it being such a good year. The most memorable were three events where I was able to set personal bests over three different distances. (linksRead More","og_url":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/","og_site_name":"Andy's Techie Blog","article_published_time":"2018-01-01T18:46:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Badgers2_thumb.jpg"}],"author":"Andy Parkes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Parkes","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/","url":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/","name":"My Year In Running - 2017 - Andy's Techie Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-01-01T18:46:50+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-01T18:46:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3534e8ac6b1bec765cd061feff56679d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/01\/01\/my-year-in-running-2017\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My Year In Running – 2017"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Andy's Techie Blog","description":"Professional Geek","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3534e8ac6b1bec765cd061feff56679d","name":"Andy Parkes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3824cbf53df51d7ca5cf809b6ad81a157fbfff2292e36ab8666f04ddad06bfcc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3824cbf53df51d7ca5cf809b6ad81a157fbfff2292e36ab8666f04ddad06bfcc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andy Parkes"},"description":"Andy Parkes is Technical Director at Coventry based IT support company IBIT Solutions. Formerly, coordinator of AMITPRO and Microsoft Partner Area Lead for 2012-2013. He also isn't a fan of describing himself in the third person.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.andyparkes.co.uk\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/author\/andyparkes\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pmvJ6-tY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1859,"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions\/1859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}