the Riverbank Rollick in South Gloucestershire is one of the few races that I've taken part in and have then returned to take photos at a later date. I remember too well the seemingly endless slog, heading south into the wind along the bank of the Severn Estuary, with the old M4 suspension bridge in the distance never seeming to get any closer. This photo of a long line of runners, bending into the wind, brings the memory back . .
I've spent 39 Saturday mornings at a parkrun this year. 11 of those Saturdays have been at Hull parkrun, and I've taken photos there once. Hull is my hometown so I have an attachment to the city, and I remember playing in East Park when I was a child. I enjoy being able to run around the park nowadays, especially as the course is flat and fast. The light and the colours in this image, taken on a freezing January morning with the sun melting the ice into the boating lake, make it one of my favourite photos . .
here we're on The Highway, in the London Marathon - an opportunity for us all to rub shoulders with the best in the world. In the green, the 2011 winner, Emmanuel Mutai from Kenya in the 22nd mile, racing to a course record of 2.04.40. On the other side of the road the runners are 9 miles behind him, heading for Canary Wharf . .
the inaugural Richmond Park Marathon in May was 3½ laps of the Park, so the runners had plenty of opportunities to get to know me. I got some great reactions, smiles and waves from them, and consequently, lots of great photos. I had no difficulty in choosing this one, because it was chosen to appear on the cover of Running Free magazine . . my first magazine cover . .

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the Bearbrook 10k is another event I've taken part in, and I especially like this view of the leaders shortly after the start, with almost every foot off the ground as they negotiate a sharp right angled turn into the road . . I can see a bit of Keystone Cops in there, and a bit of Benny Hill too . . but maybe that's just me!
the JW Ultra gives me the chance to get some unusual photos of runners beside different canals. The views of the runners crossing Edstone Aqueduct are especially interesting when a barge comes along . .
the Ridgeway has been used by travellers for over five thousand years and is thought of as being Britain's oldest road. I enjoy photos like this as it there's so much more than the race I'd come to work at, with runners taking part in the Ridgeway Run crossing ancient burial mounds, with walkers and their dogs out enjoying the clear autumn air and with the Ridgeway winding its way through the valleys into the distance beyond . .
I've explained how many Saturday mornings I spend at parkrun, and as Abingdon parkrun is my "home" event I wanted to include a photo from the event. This one was taken shortly after the start on a misty November morning, with the River Thames behind me, with the splashes of russet in the tree, the lonely bench and the colours of the runners coming towards me . .
it's not every day that you see a crocodile on the Grand Union Canal . . but this one appeared in the Dirt Half Marathon in November. I like the contrast of the stillness of the barge and the water on the right, and the colour and movement of the runners on the left . .