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
On 15th April, I raced my second Boston Marathon. This being my 16th marathon (plus 4 lockdown virtuals) and 11th world marathon major. Last year I raced the Boston Marathon 2023 and got my first taste of this special race weekend. I was fortunate enough to run a BQ in Boston but then improved on that by a further 5 minutes at the London Marathon … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2024 RACE RECAP
Up until the Boston Marathon 2023, I have always taken part in the big BAA or NYRR 5k races taking place around marathon weekend. Last year, I bucked that trend and opted for some of the free brand activations and shakeout runs which I talked about in my Boston Marathon 2023 Shakeout Runs post. This year, I decided to do the same as those shakeouts … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2024 SHAKEOUT RUNS
You know the saying… You wait ages for a bus then two come at once! Well, you wait ages to qualify for Boston (with a big enough buffer!) then you go back to back, baby. After finally achieving my dream of racing Boston in last year’s Boston Marathon 2023 after the heartbreak of missing out in 2020 due to the COVID cancellation and then again … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2024 BIB PICK UP & EXPO
The Cheshire Runner. 