So you train and then you train some more. You eat, sleep and breath marathon. It motivates you on your long runs and it's the intention of your yoga practice. You've read all the books and bought all of the kit and then, suddenly, it's all over. From my (albeit limited) experience, people respond to [...]
Regular readers may be vaguely aware (I think I might have alluded to it once or twice?!) that on Sunday I was set to run in the Paris marathon. After months of training, lots of new kit (all totally necessary of course), a number of practice races, miles of long Sunday runs (and post-run Sunday afternoon [...]
As holidays go, Easter is easily my favourite. Much like Christmas, it’s the only holiday when work completely comes to halt and everyone, in the UK at least, takes a long weekend, guilt-free in the knowledge that their inbox isn’t going to be backing up in their absence. Unlike Christmas, however, there is less of [...]
This was a phrase that R introduced me to at a recent race as we were warming up together and watching the other runners as they arrived. The last few races that I've entered have been small, club-run events, set up for people training for a marathon. As a non-club runner this has been particularly terrifying: [...]
This weekend I've experienced the two polar-opposite elements of marathon training. On the one hand, Saturday saw me enjoying a sports massage and physio session followed by an afternoon in the spa with the girls to help 'loosen my muscles'. On the other, Sunday involved a 20 mile race requiring a 5am start. On Friday [...]
It may not be altogether surprising to learn that I am of a disposition whereby I take great pleasure in writing a good list. I like to see the tasks ahead of me, to tick them off and to have a tangible indicator of jobs done, of progress. I have a list of my weekly runs [...]
With 8 weeks down and just 9 to go I am fast approaching the half way point of my marathon training schedule. This week was pull-back week, where I only needed to run 4,4,5,13 miles. Only going out three times during the week felt rather sneaky now that I'm getting accustomed to four weekday runs. [...]
On Tuesday this week, when my lunch-date plans fell through, my mind automatically turned to running. As it was such a beautiful day I was all too tempted to get outside for a quick jog along the river. However, my schedule called for a 7 mile run, (which I'd planned to do that evening), and [...]
So, I have something to confess: I've got a bit of a crush. It all started with running. We both like to run. We are actually both training for a marathon and as a result we understand each other’s desire to talk about training a lot of the time, and about food, rest and recovery [...]
Ok, I'm going to be honest with you: training last week was hard. While I'm normally full of energy and over-enthusiastic about pretty much everything, last week was a struggle and I got into, what Scott Jurek would call, a bit of a 'funk'. When I started writing this post I was focusing on all [...]
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