On the 23rd April I raced my third London Marathon having taken part in the 2018 London Marathon with a charity bib and setting my current marathon PB in the 2023 London Marathon with a good for age place. That 2023 PB was good enough to get me another good for age entry for this year so I thought I would use it whilst I … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
This is a quick look through the gear I used to run the London Marathon 2024 on 21st April and the nutrition I used before and during the race. I won’t talk about the post race Big Mac & Fries, we’ll keep it classy here. Having raced the Boston Marathon 2024 6 days prior to London, the vast majority of this race day gear is … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2024 GEAR
Here we go again, another year and back to London for the London Marathon, one of my absolute favourite races and an absolute nightmare to get into. After running the London Marathon 2018 and London Marathon 2023 with my family supporting on both occasions, why break a theme. This year we all packed up and headed down to London on the train bright and early … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2024 REGISTRATION & EXPO
On 23rd April I raced the London Marathon for the second time. After gaining a charity place for the 2018 London Marathon, this year I had a good-for-age place from last year’s Paris Marathon and was aiming for a much better time than the 3:58.13 I ran in 2018 whilst dressed as a Love Heart. Training for this year’s race had gone really well, I … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2023 RACE RECAP
I headed to the London Marathon expo on Saturday with the family to pick up my race bib for the race the day after. Having ran the Boston Marathon on Monday and traveled back to the UK Tuesday, I wasn’t really planning on spending much time at the expo, I wanted to spend as little time on my feet as possible. Never an easy task … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2023 REGISTRATION & EXPO
The London Classics is an extra medal you can earn for completing the all three of the London Marathon Events races. To earn this extra BIG medal, you need to complete the London Marathon, RideLondon-Surrey 100 and Swim Serpentine in any order. There are no special entry options into each of the three races, which makes gaining entry into them, especially the London Marathon, the … Continue reading LONDON CLASSICS
I was not originally down to run the London Marathon this year, but when they opened the virtual race up to anyone I was straight in there. It may not be the London Marathon we all know and love but to be a part of the 40th race was still something I was keen to do. This was my second virtual marathon, having ran the … Continue reading VIRTUAL LONDON MARATHON 2020 RECAP
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
This is my write up of my experience running the 2018 Virgin London Marathon for the British Heart Foundation. I was running in memory of my mum who sadly passed away following a heart failure and never got to see me complete this journey. Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2018 RACE RECAP
You may or may not already know that I am going to be running the Virgin London Marathon in 2018 and running for the British Heart Foundation. I thought I would write a quick blog on my reasons why I am running for the BHF and the target I have now set myself. Continue reading PUTTING MY HEART INTO RUNNING THE VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON 2018
The Cheshire Runner. 