Marathon Training – Week 7
Mike 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…
Marathon Training – Week 5
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…
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…