Marathon Training – Week 6
Mike 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…
Lockdown Running
I’ve read quite a few blogs in recent weeks about running through lockdown. After a couple of months I wanted to put down a few of my thoughts as well.…
#TwoPointSixChallenge
Sunday 26th April. For many months this date has been penned in my mind. I was waiting to run down The Mall and finish my first London Marathon. Alas, it…
Barford Power Station non-parkrun
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…