Here is a quick breakdown of what I will be wearing, the tech I will use and pre-race & race fuelling for the 2024 Chicago Marathon. Nutrition: So it kinda goes without saying but nothing new on race day and that can’t be more true that with the food pre-race and during the race. As this one is an international travel race for me I … Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2024 GEAR
Ahead of the Berlin Marathon 2024, here is a quick run down of what gear and tech I wore / use during the race and my race day fuelling. Those who have been around for a while and seen previous xxx Marathon Gear posts will see that the vast majority of things on here are the same, especially on the nutrition side. That’s the whole … Continue reading BERLIN MARATHON 2024 GEAR
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
In this post I will give you a rundown of the gear I will be running the 128th Boston Marathon in and what I will be eating and drinking for breakfast and both pre and during the race. Although I run the 2023 Boston and London marathons, it seems I forgot to post a Gear blog for those, so it has actually been 18 months … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2024 GEAR
It has been a while since I last posted a rundown of my running race day gear, in fact, it was 3 years ago at the 2019 New York City Marathon so it has been cool to have a look through the gear from 3 years ago and compare it to this year. There is actually very little difference besides different colour Next%’s and a … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2022 GEAR
On 8th October I will be racing in the Ironman World Championship in Kona. For most of my triathlons, I have posted a quick rundown of the gear and fuel I used for the race. I often refer back to these posts myself when I am packing my kit up for a race, just to be sure I haven’t forgotten anything. Over the past 12 … Continue reading IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 GEAR
On 12th June I raced Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire. This was my third time racing Staffs and seventh 70.3 overall. Below is a short breakdown of what gear and nutrition I used on race day. Although, for anyone who has read any of my previous “gear blogs”, you will see that it is the same gear as almost all of them. I guess the only real … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 STAFFORDSHIRE 2022 GEAR
On 7th May 2002, I raced Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. This was my sixth middle distance triathlon since I started in 2018 and I have made a quick post like this ahead of most of them. I find it useful to look back at these gear blogs before each race so I know what I need to pack. Let’s face it, there is a lot of … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2022 GEAR
This is a quick look at the gear I took out to the Ironman 70.3 Bolton race at the weekend. Being my fourth triathlon of the year and third middle distance, I have got a good idea of what I need to take and what fuelling works well for me. Fuelling My fuelling is something that has been well practised over the past few years … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 BOLTON 2021 GEAR
It has almost been 12 months since I posted MY 2020 RUNNING SHOE ROTATION so I think it is about time I shared the shoes I am/have been running in during 2021. Just like in 2020 I have broken these down into Easy Day shoes, Tempo & Interval shoes, Long Run shoes, Race Day shoes and Cross Country / Trail shoes. Whilst there looks to … Continue reading MY 2021 RUNNING SHOE ROTATION
The Cheshire Runner. 