Race weekend once again!! This time I headed out to Berlin for my 18th marathon and 13th world marathon major. I last ran the Berlin Marathon in 2017 where the expo was held at a different venue and I didn’t write a post about the expos back then and as I am getting an old boy now the memory isn’t what it once was (it’s … Continue reading BERLIN MARATHON 2024 BIB PICK UP & EXPO
Before the 2024 Berlin Marathon I headed down to the Tracksmith pop-up store for their Saturday shakeout run. Usually, well, up until 2023 I would always run in the big organised 5k shakeout runs, such as the Generali 5k or the BAA 5k / Abbott Dash to the Finisher, Chicago 5k… you get the picture. You pay $40, $50 to run a 5k, get a … Continue reading BERLIN MARATHON 2024 TRACKSMITH SHAKEOUT RUN
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
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
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
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
The Cheshire Runner. 