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
This is an overview of my race day gear and nutrition for the weekends race in New York.
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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
In two weeks time, I will be riding in the GFNY World Championship New York Gran Fondo. This is a 100-mile bike race with over 8,500ft of climbing. It starts at the George Washington Bridge in New York, the route goes upstate to Bear Mountain and back again to finish in Fort Lee New Jersey. This race falls 8 days after Ironman 70.3 Mallorca and … Continue reading GFNY NEW YORK 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
Marathon distance run number 10, my fifth of 2018 and final race of the year. I came into today wondering whether this was a race too far, feeling tired and carrying an injury, despite that I was still going to give it my best shot and try for a PB, anything under 3:35 will be a PB and a massive achievement given the injury. Here is my story of November 4th 2018. Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2018 RACE RECAP
Here we go again, flying out to New York for the NYC marathon. This blog is all about my travelling out, the expo and Saturday 5k. All of the preparations for Sundas marathon.
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Now that Ironman is in the past it is time to get cracking with marathon training once again. My two autumn marathons in Chicago and New York City are fast approaching and I have some BIG goals to hit this year. Continue reading AUTUMN MARATHON SEASON IS COMING.
This is my review of how things went for me during 2017. This was my second year of running, but really the first year where I actually had some structure to it. Continue reading 2017 REVIEW
This is my recap of marathon number 4, my second world marathon major. My open and honest account of my New York marathon experience. Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2017 RACE RECAP
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