London Marathon 2021
Mike Wow! 24hrs after finishing and I am still buzzing from finally ticking off the bucket list item of running the London Marathon. Yesterday was an amazing day and I was…
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Marathon Training – Weeks 15 & 16 – The Final Straight
So here we are. Almost two years after my first Marathon Training run and two aborted attempts, this weekend I finally get to toe the line in London. It’s definitely…
Marathon Training – Week 14
Just two weeks to go. It’s strange in many ways. Deep down I was always half expecting we’d see the goalposts change again and the race would suffer yet another…
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 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 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…
#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…