Running blog: how was your weekend running?

It was another wet and windy weekend in England. Did you go running anyway or perhaps you ran in sunnier climes?

Even in the English Riviera, British summer is a fairly fragile affair. And so it proved when on Sunday I took part in the Torbay half marathon. It's a lovely race along the seafront, with donkey rides on the green, fun fairs and holidaymakers stopping to cheer the runners. But with winds of over 20mph, the racing was tough going.

Add in a few hills, and overall I was pleased to fin...