On 13th October, I took part in the Chicago Marathon which was my 19th marathon overall and 14th World Marathon Major. I had previous run the 2018 Chicago Marathon where I had aimed for a 3:20 but fell short running 3:41. This time, when I signed up I had a big scary goal of attempting to run under 2hrs 50min that would have been over … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
I’ve made it to the final two weeks of this training block! Thank god for that! It hasn’t been the training block I had hoped for and my race day goal has shifted from chasing sub 2:50 to making it to the finish line. That said, no training block is perfect and we often have obstacles to over come and adapt to. Adapting is what … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 15 & 16
Here is a quick breakdown of what I will be wearing, the tech I will use and pre-race & race fuelling for the 2024 Chicago Marathon. Nutrition: So it kinda goes without saying but nothing new on race day and that can’t be more true that with the food pre-race and during the race. As this one is an international travel race for me I … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 GEAR
It’s race weekend once again, the final race of 2024 and it’s a big one. The 2024 Chicago Marathon. This is the race I had been training all summer for, gone through the highs and many lows of this training block but I am here. I flew out on Friday 11th Oct from Manchester via Dublin with Aer Lingus arriving into O’Hare at 2pm. Having … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 BIB PICK UP & EXPO
Final two weeks leading into the Berlin Marathon aka the last long run before Chicago. Week 11 & 12 turned into a struggle after making great progress in weeks 9 & 10. In the last update I had picked up a niggling hip pain which wasn’t causing major pain but it just ached in the latter stages of longer runs and the next day. I … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 13 & 14
I think I may have re-found some form and a little consistency in week 9 and 10 after being very hit and miss since returning from Egypt in week 7. Even week 10 saw me running back to back sessions and double run days which resulted in an aborted long run on the Saturday but at least that week I got back on track by … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 11 & 12
After week 7 & 8 was a mixed bag of a good week followed by a bad week where I went down with a cold and ended up missing a few days and then aborting the long run, I was hoping to get back on track from week 9. I have decided to increase the mileage between now and Chicago, taking a small risk pushing … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 9 & 10
Welcome to weeks 7 & 8 of this Chicago Marathon training block, the point where I reach the half way mark. Following on from a rocky start, Weeks 5 & 6 had gone well, a good solid week in week 5 then a cutback week in week 6 whilst on our family holiday in Egypt. I did some light training out in Egypt but nothing … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 7 & 8
The Chicago Marathon 2024 Training week 3 & 4 went well all things considered. I made some good progress and the pace is starting to improve. Still slower than where I would typically be at this stage of a marathon training block, or at least where I would have been going into week 5 of the Boston 2023 and 2024 training block. Looking back further … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 5 & 6
As I thought, I have fallen a little behind with the training blogs, as I am now into week 8 as I write weeks 3 & 4. Clearly, the demand of marathon training, family, and work plus trying to write a blog post each week is too much for me. In the Chicago Marathon Week 2 post I had gotten over a sickness bug in … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 3 & 4
The Cheshire Runner. 