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It's my 4 year runner-versary!

Hey everyone!

Thanks for reading my little diary about the things I love most :-) I'm Robyn, I'm a 24 year old teacher from Newcastle UK, I currently live in Dubai, UAE and I have an addiction to endurance sport and visiting new places!

My first race number arrived in the post 4 years ago today, so I've been doing the endurance sport thing for quite a while and have run too many events to backdate and reflect on every single one, but here are the events I've run since that important first race... and I will tell you all about the events I've taken part in so far this year, and the places I've visited since moving out here in the middle east :-)

Races Run

 In chronological order...

1. April 28th 2013 - Sunderland City 10k
2. September 13 2013 - Bupa Great North Run
3. September 20th 2013 - Prudhoe Miners' 10k
4. May 25th 2014 - Sunderland City 10k
5. 9th June 2014 - Blaydon Race
6. 6th July 2014 - Kaleidoscope 5k
7. 13 July 2014 - Bupa Great North 10k
8. 20th July 2014 - Sunderland Colour Run
9. 10th August 2014 - Darlington 10k
10. 16th August 2014 - Gateshead Trail 10k
11. 28th September 2014 - Robin Hood Half Marathon
12. 12th October 2014 - Yorkshire (half and a bit) Marathon
13. 25th October 2014 - Sunderland Neon Run 5k
14. 22nd February 2015 - Hampton Court Half Marathon
15. 12th April 2015 - Brighton (half) Marathon
16. 3rd May 2015 - Sunderland 10k
17. 17th May 2015 - Children's Cancer Run
18. 5th July 2015 - Great North 10k
19. 19th July 2015 - Colour Obstacle Rush 5k
20. 2nd Augut 2015 - York 10k
21. 15th August - Gateshead Trail 10k
22. 7th November 2015 - Dubai Desert Road run 10k
23. 12th December 2015 - Meydan 4km
24. 20th February 2016 - Dubai Desert Road Run 3km
25. 11th April 2016 - Dubai Desert Road run 10km
26. 3rd May 2016 - Fairmont Aquathlon, Palm Jumeirah
27. 5th July 2016 - Great North 10k
28. 21st July 2016 - Durham City 10k
29. 8th August 2016 - Great Yorkshire Run (Harrogate)
30. 15th August 2016 - Gateshead Trail 10k
31. 24th September 2016 - Dubai Desert Road Run
32. 15th October 2016 - Meydan 10k
33. 3rd March 2017 - 2XU Compression 5k
34. 11th March 2017 - Abu Dhabi Swim Festival 800m swim
35. 31st March 2017 - Dubai Holding Burj Al Arab 800m swim

4 Years, 35 races, 11 cities! Not bad... Long may it continue!


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