Where were we? Oh yes, the first damn bridge. The course profile for the New York City Marathon looks, shall we say, rather undulating. The marathon course runs through all five boroughs of New York and the first of the significant undulations on the profile was the first bridge, the Verrazano Narrows bridge which takes … Continue reading NYC Part 2 – Last Damn Bridge
New York, New York – it’s a hell of a town! I’d completely forgotten how much I like New York. I’d been once before about 12 years ago and loved it then, and there was loads more I wanted to see this time as well as the minor business of running the marathon… We arrived … Continue reading NYC Part 1 – A New York State of Mind
Today I woke up at 12pm, because I hadn't set an alarm. It's Long Run Sunday. Gosh, this hasn't happened for a while. Since coming back from San Francisco I've had two physio sessions and a meeting with my coach. My physio has been allowing me to go with my self-diagnosis of 'calf strain and … Continue reading New York, New York – Not Gonna Be A Part of It
San Francisco has only one drawback - 'tis hard to leave. Rudyard Kipling Yeah. That's about the size of it. Well, we're back from San Francisco. It was a bit of a shock stepping out into a cold, wet and miserable London yesterday. The nights are drawing in here and all the shops put up … Continue reading The San Francisco Chronicles 4 – The Only Drawback
