John Bradfield

Personal account of a retired police Inspector up north who’s a father, partner, runner and Lego nerd.

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Yesterday’s Blackpool marathon finish!

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Latest build complete and it’s a good one!! Need to get back to the Star Wars soon. 😂😂

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So much for a restful bank holiday! Started off with an early morning spin class, then 5k on the treadmill, followed by a boxercise class. Not done spin or boxercise before but loved it! Now resting for a bit and seeing what the day brings!

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Not quite Lego quality but a decent build nevertheless!

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I have no idea where my sudden pace has come from, but yesterday saw the Chester Zoo 10k, and not only was it another PB, I came first in my age category! I’m feeling very pleased with myself, and it was also great to meet up with a number of friends there. Happy days!!

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Testing but enjoyable police cross country this afternoon in Leeds and thankfully the weather was better than Manchester! Great to see so many WYP ex-colleagues there today, and always nice to meet up with the usual crowd from other forces. Now home and it’s snowing again! 😂😂

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Two weeks ago I ran a marathon PB and thought I would never get near that again. Today at the Rome Marathon however I managed to knock 10 minutes off that PB. I think I deserved the post run ice cream today!

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@blsm59 Nope 😂😂

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Rome 5k fun run this morning and possibly the smallest medal I’ve ever got! 😂😂. Took it relatively easy and as it was just short of 5k I rejoined the run and ended up jogging back to the hotel through very crowded streets. Some great sights and a fantastic GF ice cream after!

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@NickiSparling1 Oh yes! 😂😂

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@MarietteSohns Not any more! 😂😂

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Been a while since I had the time to build, but finally managed to finish this one off! 😂😂

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@MarietteSohns Loads 😂😂

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It was a very hilly TUI Cyprus Marathon for me yesterday, wasn’t expecting much however despite the heat and the hills I managed a PB, estatic doesn’t even come close! What a marathon too, the start at Aphrodite Rock, a special sunrise, and amazing views all round!

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This morning saw a lovely visit into the mountains for the Cyprus Wine Run. A lovely if not hilly 5k through a lovely village with amazing scenery, and a medal and a bottle of wine at the end! Then followed the wine tasting where clearly I had too much! 😂😂.

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What an amazing 2 weeks in Japan, but now home. In between sight seeing, I’ve completed 2 Parkruns (a PB on 1 of them), the Osaka Marathon, the Tokyo Marathon Friendship Run and the amazing Tokyo Marathon, an incredible experience, what a country!

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Today I conquered the Osaka marathon! It wasn’t the quickest of marathons as the heat took its toll (it was snowing here 10 days ago!) and along with leg cramp I didn’t feel great, but I finished!

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So, today’s Parkrun found me in Osaka Japan, it was very hilly but I loved it especially running through the bamboo forest, and I now have my Japanese Parkrun profile flag!

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Post Osaka Parkrun ice cream and it was a good one! Found a small place that did gluten free waffle cones, and went for something different and tried a scoop of baked sweet potato ice cream as in my head this couldn’t work. Wow!! The cone and the ice cream were absolutely amazing

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What can I say about this afternoon apart from A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!! I’ve always been interested in the samurai and thought I would take advantage of being in Japan and booked a samurai experience. It was brilliant, and I loved every second of it!!