Marathon Training – Week 4
Mike So this was the week that football so nearly came home. The roller coaster of England making it to the final and then being defeated by the constant nemesis of…
Marathon Training
Marathon Training – Week 3
One advantage to doing these training blog posts for me is having the ability to look back on my previous attempts and see how I was feeling. For example if…
Marathon Training – Week 2
Last week I mentioned how I wasn’t sure how to approach this training. I wasn’t sure what I would feel as I still have some fears that the race may…
Marathon Training Week 1 – Third Time Lucky?
Here we go again! Will it be a case of 3rd time lucky? After two abortive efforts last year, I now have everything crossed that this will be the time…
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…