Barford Power Station non-parkrun
Mike Among the many things that have fallen foul of COVID-19 has been the weekly opportunity to run at parkrun. Now with my sons football, often I couldn’t make it on…
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Race Day. Well…….
So as I sit here writing this, I should have been on my way to Old Trafford. I’d have been picking up my race number, dropping my bag and then…
Marathon Training – Week 13 – Time to hit pause
I’d played over what would happen if my races were cancelled numerous times. So when they were, I was surprised to find my overarching feeling was relief. After a couple…
Marathon Training – Week 12
This has probably been one of the hardest weeks of training so far. Not necessarily because of the actual training. More that as the coronavirus issue gets bigger and bigger,…
Marathon Training – Week 11
I don’t know if it is the fact I’m now on the home straight, or that I was back at work this week. However, the week has flown by and…
Marathon Training – Week 10
Double figures! I saw the below meme this week and it summed up in a way how this week felt on the training cycle. Hitting double figures makes it seem…
Marathon Training – Week 9
After hitting half way last week, it’s now into the home straight. However, I know from the past, this can start to be the hardest section. The energy levels start…
Marathon Training – Week 8 – Halfway There
In the words of Bon Jovi, “whoa we’re halfway there”! In some ways it doesn’t seem very long at all since I started this 16wk training plan. However, 8 weeks…
Marathon Training – Week 7
Running further than I had done before last week meant I really felt now I was really in marathon training mode. Given the miles already logged this seems a bit…
Marathon Training – Week 6
After 5 weeks of training already, week 6 of the training plan contained a personal milestone. The furthest I had ever previously run was a half marathon (or technically just…