Author: Gareth Hoyland

Months of training led up to race day on Sunday the 29th of September, breakfast had been eaten, nerves were rising and I was standing at the start line with thousands of other people ready to go! Everyone surged forwards slowly passing friends and family cheering them

My training started seriously in June, having not run any further than 5km twice a week, my body was shocked by my running plan that started with four runs a week, each being roughly 5k and increasing rapidly! The increase in exercise was very challenging initially, but easy in comparison

Hi I’m Gareth, a theology student at Spurgeon’s College who with the charity Dnipro Hope Mission (DHM) was able to visit Ukraine in early 2017, where I took part in and was deeply touched by their great humanitarian work. I’ve decided to run my first half marathon with insulin dependent