After a couple of easier / taper weeks in week 7 & 8 and following on from my PB run at The Big Half in week 8, it is back to business as usual for the next month. The injury niggles have cleared, the cold has cleared and no more races to taper for until the Manchester Marathon on 5th April. After racing the half … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2020 TRAINING: WEEK 9 & 10….. RACE POSTPONED!!
The last update in WEEK 5 & 6 finished up with a bit of a hamstring & piriformis niggle cutting the long run short and missing out on racing a Parkrun. The plan was to run a 16 mile long run in week 6 but that didn’t happen. It is getting frustrating that I am missing the long runs, that is now the 3rd long … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2020 TRAINING: WEEK 7 & 8
In the BOSTON MARATHON TRAINING: WEEK 3 & 4 update I got back on track with the long runs after cutting two short in the first two weeks of training. I also continued with the speed endurance work, building in some miles at my goal marathon pace of 6:50min/mile. WEEK 5 – 3rd – 9th February: This week followed the same routine as previous weeks. One … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2020 TRAINING: WEEK 5 & 6
In my BOSTON MARATHON TRAINING: WEEK 1 & 2 update I talked about what I had been up to in the two months since the New York City Marathon before heading into the first two weeks back on the marathon training wagon. I had a few issues with my long runs in both week 1 and 2 so the big main aim for these next two … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2020 TRAINING: WEEK 3 & 4
No sooner have Christmas and New Year passed us by, we are looking forward to the spring marathon season. I for one cannot wait to see the back of these cold, grey and damp winter months. I would be happy if we had some snow here in the UK, I love running in snow but nope, just rain and fog. This spring I will be … Continue reading SPRING MARATHON SEASON
2019 was a good year for running. I set new PB’s at the 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and Marathon distances as well as achieving my long-term goal of running a Boston Qualifying time. Triathlon wasn’t as successful due to missing 4 months of the season with injury but I did come back to run a PB at the Outlaw X middle distance triathlon. Looking ahead … Continue reading 2020 GOALS
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
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