GLOUCESTER SPORTS BLOG

2 PBs in 2 Days!

 Hi,

My name is Patrick Tarry and i am the new full time member of staff at Gloucester Sports. I train with Chris Frapwell at Stroud Athletics and have been running since i was 13, though I have decided to take it much more seriously this year after a winter out due to injury!

I predominantly run 800m, but will enter any race as long as it looks fun (if you can really call racing fun!). For the new athletics season i have purchased a pair of Nike Rival MD's, as they give me plenty of cushioning whilst still feeling as light as a good pair of spikes should feel. A mixture of these, some hard training and probably a bit of luck resulted in me running 1.59.4 on wednesday 20th of july, not quite a world record but i was on cloud nine about breaking 2 minutes!

This positivity towards running from breaking 2 obviously sent me slightly crazy as on thursday morning I decided to then enter the Cherington 10k! Whilst my old Asics Hyperspeeds had served me well, they were definitely worn out so after trying on pretty much every shoe in store I finally settled on some Mizuno Wave Nexus 5's. Whilst I have only used these a few times they feel great on anything from road to woodland paths, which is good as I need to get in shape for the Stroud Half Marathon!

Thanks for reading, and hope to see you soon!

Pat