An actual race?? – Bedford Autodrome Half Marathon 18/10/20
Mike At the start if this year I had such plans. By the end of April I’d have run two marathons and the autumn was going to see a return to…
2020
Marathon Training – Week 8 – Back on Pause Again!
So when the news broke at 6pm on Thursday it wasn’t a major surprise. After being across the morning papers, I doubt I was the only one who had spent…
Marathon Training – Week 7
Well I didn’t see that coming! I knew an update was due this week from the London Marathon organisers and I truly thought this would be the pause button again.…
Marathon Training – Week 6
Another week of training completed and another week just waiting for the hammer to fall. Officially London are due to update on 28th but I honestly thought there was a…
Marathon Training – Week 5
Its the hope that kills you! Last week the direction of travel started to make me think the odds on London happening were starting to improve. Then this week we…
Marathon Training – Week 4
When my marathons were first postponed to the autumn I was looking forward to summer training. After months of having to crawl out of bed on a cold, dark morning,…
Marathon Training – Week 3
Week 3 of being back in training and this was the first week that I found a few mornings harder to wake up. This shouldn’t have been a surprise as…
Marathon Training – Week 2
So, after the surprise of London still working towards going ahead, week 2 of training needed to happen. For a long time I had expected week 1 wouldn’t happen and…
Marathon Training Take 2 – Week 1
Here we go again! When I first started marathon training last December I never expected I’d be starting again so soon. As I did that first week I was wondering…
I feel the need, the need for speed
When I was in the midst of my Marathon training there was one thing that became clear. Having the structured training plan was really helping me. I therefore made the…