Racing, running, tapering or held together by willpower and KT tape? As always come and share your weekend exploits below the line

As I’m off for a fun run round the streets of Chicago next Sunday, I took it pretty easy this weekend. A very short track session followed by an easy 75 minutes yesterday. The usually empty streets of Sunday morning were full of bikes, I think a charity ride taking in London’s bridges. I felt rather sorry for the ones going over Wandsworth bridge – surely London’s least scenic – but presumably they got some prettier ones, without the charming views of the drive-through McDonalds and the white arches supporting the scenic advertising hoardings.

I also went past the quiet (because no one had reached it yet) finish village of Shelter’s Urban Rush Run, 15 miles across London which I was actually signed up for. With one leg held together by tape, wishful thinking and denial, sense prevailed – although it was somewhat painful to go so near to a finish I should have been running through.

There were however plenty of others out racing this weekend, from parkrun to half marathons, so come and regale us with your stories of weekend glory. And tips for Chicago (both running and eating, although the latter clearly the most important).