It is obvious to anyone who knows me that I love the New York City Marathon. Despite living in Cheshire UK, the New York City Marathon is my most run race having run the 2017 New York City Marathon, 2018 New York City Marathon and 2019 New York City Marathon as well as the 2020 Virtual New York City Marathon (in Scholar Green). I have … Continue reading I LOVE NEW YORK CITY…. MARATHON
This is starting to feel like Groundhog Day! Third virtual marathon in two weeks and fourth in six weeks after running the virtual Boston Marathon in 3:03.34, virtual London Marathon in 3:05.05 and virtual Chicago Marathon in 3:01.12. Don’t worry, this is my final virtual marathon, of 2020 at least, hopefully, we can get back to see real racing next year. So the thing I … Continue reading VIRTUAL NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2020 RECAP
Here we go again, third virtual marathon in 5 weeks after running the virtual Boston Marathon 5 weeks ago and virtual London Marathon last week. This week has been all about recovering from the virtual London Marathon as much as possible. With just 7 days between virtual London and Chicago, it was never going to be the ideal buildup for a “race” but I am … Continue reading VIRTUAL CHICAGO MARATHON 2020 RECAP
I was not originally down to run the London Marathon this year, but when they opened the virtual race up to anyone I was straight in there. It may not be the London Marathon we all know and love but to be a part of the 40th race was still something I was keen to do. This was my second virtual marathon, having ran the … Continue reading VIRTUAL LONDON MARATHON 2020 RECAP
When I ran my first ever Boston Qualifier (BQ) back in March 2019 at the Tokyo Marathon and subsequently securing a place in the 2020 Boston Marathon, I had big hopes and dreams of running from Hopkinton to Boylston Street. Collecting my first unicorn and completing the 6th of the Six Abbott World Marathon Majors. 2020 wasn’t meant to be and when B.A.A. gave the … Continue reading VIRTUAL BOSTON MARATHON 2020 RECAP
This is my third time running the New York City Marathon, have a read of my NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2017 and NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2018 to see how the previous two years have gone. Some highs and some lows in there and more of the same to come in 2019. The day began with a 4:30am alarm, thankfully, the clocks go back an hour … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 RACE RECAP
With New York now less than 10 days away I guess it is time to commit to some goals for the race. Writing them down on here then sets them in stone and no backing out and its a beat down if I fail…. or this is just a rough idea of what I would like to do next Sunday. With the marathon, you can … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
World marathon major number 5 and my 11th marathon distance run. Can I back up what I did in New York 4 months ago, could I run another PB….. Continue reading TOKYO MARATHON 2019 RACE RECAP
With Tokyo now two weeks away I thought I would put pen to paper so to speak and write down what I am hoping for from this race. When I signed up to run Tokyo back in July I knew that this one would present a number of challenges which I have not faced during my previous nine marathons. Nothing unique to me or anything … Continue reading TOKYO MARATHON 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
For me, as with most marathon runners, completing the six marathon majors and earning that huge six star medal was my big long-term goal of mine ever since I ran my first marathon in Paris back in 2017. Back then I don’t think I quite anticipated just how challenging it would be. Running 6 marathons is hard work, and arranging and paying for the travel … Continue reading HOW TO: RUN THE WORLD MARATHON MAJORS
The Cheshire Runner. 