The 1st of June marked the official start of my 4-month Berlin marathon training plan. Straight off the back of my London Marathon success, I've set myself the goal of improving on my time of 5hr 25min, and getting as close to a sub-5hr time as possible. I won't be rigidly following a prescribed marathon... Continue Reading →
So the London Marathon is over, I've had a month of easy running to recover, and now it's time to turn my focus towards the second half of the year. This year my summer and autumn training will all be focused towards my next major challenge - the Berlin Marathon on September 29th! With that... Continue Reading →
When planning a weekend away, one of the first things I now think of is: 'Which new parkrun can I visit?'. I love visiting different parkrun venues, with the comforting familiarity of the system mixed with the chance to discover some beautiful new locations. I'm currently working towards my 'parkrun tourist' challenge, awarded for running... Continue Reading →
This Sunday's race was a race with a difference! Unlike every other race that I have been to where you try to run a fixed distance in the fastest possible time, in the Adidas 1hr City run, you try and run as FAR as you can in one hour! Set over a 1 mile loop... Continue Reading →
Walthamstow is my home parkrun. Less than a mile away from my house, it was here I had my first introduction to the joys of parkrunning, and here I have returned over 70 times so far to run and volunteer. The parkrun is going from strength to strength, with a wonderful and dedicated core team... Continue Reading →
It's six weeks until the London Marathon, and I am reaching the peak section of my training plan. This week, my planned long run again took me into previously uncharted territory, with a scheduled 30km run for the Monday! I planned out a new route, an out-and-back stretch of the Lea Valley canal, where all... Continue Reading →
It’s 10 weeks until the London Marathon 2019 and I am well into the heart of my training plan. It’s at this point that the weekly long run starts getting into the previously uncharted territory of greater than half marathon distance. This Sunday, I headed out nice and early for for my longest run to... Continue Reading →
When I first told people that I had a place for the 2019 London Marathon the most common reaction (after ‘How exciting!’) was ‘Oh but the training will be a total nightmare‘. People couldn’t wait to tell me how gruelling it would be, how time-consuming, how isolating, how painful. So it was something of a pleasant... Continue Reading →
Training for a UK spring marathon means that the bulk of your training miles need to be done in the somewhat bleak, wintery months of January – March. In reality this means running in the dark, cold, rain, and sometimes the snow! Now, before this year I was a bit of a fair weather runner.... Continue Reading →
