You can have a bad mile. That's ok. That doesn't mean it was a bad run. I've just completed the first 18 miler of my New York plan. It was only due to be 22 degrees today but it is still really muggy out, so it felt very tough. I even had to stop and … Continue reading A Bad Mile
When I run the London Marathon next year I will be doing so for Coram, one of the UK's oldest children's charities. Having seen the Coram kit this year when a colleague ran for them, I know it is a lovely shade of red. My plan is therefore to attempt to get hold of completely crimson … Continue reading Crimson Kit for Coram
I'm now getting into the serious bit of my marathon training plan for New York, with my long run due to hit 16 miles this weekend. For some reason I'm struggling a bit with keeping motivated so in an attempt to remind myself why I'm doing this again I have been re-reading my Rome marathon diaries. My … Continue reading Cursus Causum
At the moment I am whiling away my commuting time by reading a book charting one man’s love affair with the marathon distance; Keep on Running: The Highs and Lows of a Marathon Addict by Phil Hewitt. Phil is a journalist who first trained for the marathon distance on a charity place for London, and … Continue reading Running Parallel, or Don’t Number Those Chickens
Wednesdays are the days on my training plan when I get licence to take the brakes off a bit. I wasn’t quite due for a full on tempo run today, but my plan had 8 miles at race pace (10:00 – 10:15 min/miles) for me to get stuck in to. Usually I do my tempo … Continue reading Tempo Wednesdays – Early Does It
I did the only sensible thing and went as She Ra, Princess of Power. Last week was a good one, running wise. I managed a good tempo run and a new parkrun PB, and rounded things off nicely on Sunday at the Harry Hawkes 10. A quick word on the race itself; it had a … Continue reading DOMS-inated – When to Apply the Brakes
After strength, conditioning and speedwork yesterday, today was my first session of actual training miles for NYC. A 5 mile tempo run, for which I treated myself to the Gunnersbury parkrun winter route, plus a mile or so before and after. My tempo pace is supposed to be 5k PB pace. I didn't quite manage … Continue reading And We’re Off!
I’m not sure I have ever managed to do any sort of strenuous activity 5 times a week, no matter how much fun it is… Last night was the Eagles summer party and I woke up at 11:45am with a monster hangover. Not a booze hangover (I don’t drink), I went crazy last night on … Continue reading I Have to do What 5 Times a Week?!
Being the sensible person he is, my coach put me on a 5 week recovery plan after Rome. At first I embraced this but I’ve been struggling recently with a slight dip in my running mojo. I think this is largely based around two things; I don’t have as structured a framework as I did … Continue reading Life After Maratona – Post Marathon Blues
With all the usual caveats about not being anything like official advice, having only done this once and therefore definitely not being an expert, and only being what seemed to work for me; if you are thinking of signing up for the classic distance for the first time, there are a few things to consider. … Continue reading First Marathon Advice
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