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
On to the second week of this training block into the Chicago Marathon. In the Chicago Marathon Training Week 1 blog, I had completed 4 days of running at the end of the week but was still getting over the sickness bug which meant I missed Mon – Wed. Thankfully, I am now feeling over that bug and able to give this week a proper … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 2
It’s been a while since I have written a marathon training log / journal. In fact, it got to a point where I felt like the training journal was cursed. The last marathon training journal was in the lead-up to the 2020 Boston Marathon and the last triathlon journal was in building into the 2021 Ironman World Champs. I am sure you all know what … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 TRAINING: WEEK 1
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
It has been a couple of months since my last post – IRONMAN WALES TRAINING: WEEK 5 and a lot has happened since then, mostly during that week actually. Ironman Wales So firstly, I was training for Ironman Wales. After my week 5 post, the race was cancelled which let’s face it, didn’t come as a surprise to anyone and I was glad they made the … Continue reading A NOT SO QUICK, QUICK CATCH UP
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
Marathon major number 4. This is the race I have spent the whole summer working towards. The A race for 2018, the race where I run well, the race I set a PB and run the time I know I am capable of….. that was the plan.. Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2018 RACE RECAP
Here we go again, marathon distance run number 9 and back in the US for another major. This blog talks about my travelling out to Chicago the trip(s) to the expo and the Saturday International Chicago 5k run. Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2018 EXPO & 5k
The Cheshire Runner. 