Marathon Training – Week 5
Mike So after last week’s mini wobble, this week called for me to really get back on the training horse and try where I could to stick to my plan. Usually…
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Marathon training – Week 4
It’s strange really. After two weeks that included the “disruption” of Christmas and New Year, this was the week I managed have a wobble with my training plan! Where possible…
Marathon Training – Week 3
After all of the travelling last week, this week was at least going to be a bit closer to home for the bulk. However, with New Years Day in the…
Marathon Training – Week 2
This week was always going to be much tougher in my training plan. Not because of the realisation of what I was facing hitting home. Purely the logistics of Christmas…
Marathon Training – Week 1
As I have written a few times, in April 2020 I will be taking on my first (and then second) marathon. I’ve done plenty of halfs, but now is the…
Return to Rothwell parkrun
Since getting into parkrun, I have really enjoyed the tourism element. A third of my runs have come away from home. However, one thing I hadn’t done was return to…
Travellers 6 – 15/12/2019 (Race Review)
Where I live is flat. Very flat! A cursory glance at my Strava stats shows that in November I climbed a total of 300m. About 40% of this coming in…
St Neots Half Marathon 17/11/19 (Race Review)
Whilst travelling away to a race is fun, nothing quite beats your home run. For me this is the St Neots Half Marathon with a start line less than 5…
Running for The UK Sepsis Trust
Friday 5th July started as a perfectly normal day. After a day in the office I headed home to meet my wife and kids on their way home from cricket…
There’s No Place Like Home! – Pocket parkrun 12/10/2019
On 15th June I crossed the line and picked up my finishers token at Pocket parkrun. It had been the events first birthday celebration that day and was the 5th…