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
It is that time where we sit down and pen the goals for the coming year. I am not a big fan of making huge sweeping changes to my goals as I believe in setting one big lifetime goal such as qualifying for the Ironman World Champs at Kona. Then set myself small goals to help that journey to the big goal. So smaller goals … Continue reading 2021 GOALS
Following on from my 2017, 2018 and 2019 yearly reviews, it’s now time to write about all the amazing things I did in 2020. Ok, so maybe not the amazing things I did have planned but there were still good times. Like most people, I had big plans for 2020. Running my first Boston Marathon picking up my Abbott World Marathon Major 6 Star Finisher … Continue reading 2020 REVIEW
So, currently, the next race is Ironman Wales on 6th September 18 weeks off. This was originally meant to be my 3rd Ironman and 5th Ironman event of 2020 but as Ironman 70.3 Mallorca has been postponed to 31st October and Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire, Ironman Ireland and Ironman UK have all been rescheduled to 2021. Wales is now my only Ironman race this year. Whether … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 1
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
Another 12 months of running, swimming, riding and racing is done. These are my thoughts looking back at each month of 2018. A year which saw me complete two Ironman events, run half marathon and marathon PB’s and record my biggest year in swimming, biking and running. Continue reading 2019 REVIEW
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