In yesterday’s New York City Marathon 2022 Day 1 post I had travelled over from the UK and hit the expo up. Today’s plan is really straightforward. Run the 5k in the morning then spend as much time as possible off my feet ahead of tomorrow’s marathon. I slept really well last night, 2min shy of 8hrs which for me is really good. I am … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2022 – DAY 2: ABBOTT DASH TO THE FINISH 5k
Finally, after 3 years I am heading back to New York to run the marathon. This is my fourth New York City marathon after racing in 2017, 2018 and 2019. If the world had gone to plan this would have been number 6 after 2020 was cancelled and then missing out due to the travel ban in 2021. I am just really happy to be … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2022 – DAY 1: TRAVEL DAY & EXPO
With Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire coming at the end of a four week period which has already seen me race PB’s at CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE TRIATHLON and IRONMAN UK I think it is fair to say, my hopes for this race are less optimistic. I completed Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire 2018 which was my first ever 70.3 and first Ironman branded event. I loved the race and the … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 STAFFORDSHIRE 2021 HOPES & DREAMS
Got to say, I didn’t think I would be writing a hopes and dreams/goals blog leading up to a full distance triathlon, certainly not in July. With plans chopping and changing throughout the winter with race postponements and a knee injury putting any full distance triathlon plans into doubt, it is fair to say training hasn’t been textbook. I’ll give a quick roundup on the … Continue reading IRONMAN UK 2021 HOPES & DREAMS
The final day in New York. Another marathon weekend draws to a close as does the 2019 racing season for me. I now have no more races on the plan until 1st March 2020 and after a long season which pretty much began on the 27th November 2018 and went right through to yesterday, 3rd November 2019, it has been a long tiring year. It … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 4: LEAVING NEW YORK
This post will be quite brief. Today was race day so I will post a separate New York City Marathon race recap. I have a rule when it comes to posting or making any decisions after a big race like this. Leave it 72 hours before doing anything regarding the race. That gives time for things to sink in and not post in the heat … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 3: RACE DAY
After a long tiring travel day and expo yesterday in the NYCM Day 1 post, today was going to be more relaxing and getting things ready for the run tomorrow. I was also signed up to run the Abbott 5k Dash to the Finish which I was going to be using as a shakeout run. I didn’t have a great sleep, the room felt hot … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 2: 5K DASH & RELAXING?
Time to head out to New York again, this time to run the 2019 TCS New York City marathon. This will be my third year running this marathon, New York is by far the best marathon I have run, hence coming back three times. This year I am travelling with my wife and daughter and then heading down to Florida for 10 days at Disney … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 1: TRAVEL DAY & EXPO
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
Well, this isn’t the blog I had planned to be writing about my three days in New York. The plan had been to blog daily about my time here and post race recaps from the Brooklyn Half Marathon and also the GFNY World Championship race, however, I was not able to take part in either race. During IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA last week, I tore my calf muscle … Continue reading A WEEKEND IN NEW YORK
The Cheshire Runner. 