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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…