So here we go then. A race recap I have saved in my drafts folder since March 2020. On 17th April 2023, I raced my first Boston Marathon, my 6th of the 6 World Marathon Majors, and my 14th marathon overall (not including virtuals). Man, it feels good writing that. So we’ll get the whole I have been waiting for this race for years and … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2023 RACE RECAP
One of the many good things about Boston Marathon weekend is the buzz around the city. There are so many groups out running and brands or influencers organising shakeout runs. It is hard to pick which one(s) you want to do and you could quite easily clock up more miles shaking out than the 26.2 on big day. I had wanted to run the Tracksmith … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2023 SHAKEOUT RUNS
After 3 and a half years of waiting, I finally made it to Boston (despite a 21-hour delay on the way out) and hit the expo on Saturday 15th April. Yes, I know! Expo on a Saturday is generally not the best time to go but to be honest, it wasn’t that bad. The original plan was to go on Friday when it opened up … Continue reading BOSTON MARATHON 2023 REGISTRATION & EXPO
On the 12th March, I raced the Stafford Half Marathon as part of my build-up towards the 2023 Boston Marathon which was 4 weeks later. This was my second race of the year coming 5 weeks after I set a new 5 mile PB at the Alsager 5. My original target for the Stafford half was to go for a sub 1:20 which would have … Continue reading STAFFORD HALF MARATHON 2023 RACE RECAP
On the 6th November 2022, I ran my fourth in-person New York City Marathon having taken part in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 races and fifth if you want to count the 2020 virtual running. I will link to my race recaps for those years below: It was the running of that 2020 virtual marathon which secured me the place in the in-person race this … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2022 RACE RECAP
On 12th May I took part in the Mow Cop Killer Mile. This was my second time running the Killer Mile with my course PB of 9:14 coming in the 2017 Killer Mile. That year I ran the race a few days prior to the Berlin Marathon, this time I ran it a few days after Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. Just a slight change going from … Continue reading MOW COP KILLER MILE 2022 RACE RECAP
On 3rd April I made my return to the marathon start line after 29 months away. It has been a long time since I toed the line at the New York City Marathon 2019. The pandemic and various injuries meant I missed a lot but there are bigger things to worry about in the world right now. In September 2021 I picked up a stress … Continue reading MARATHON DE PARIS 2022 RACE RECAP
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
Okay, so I have left it a week before writing this, I wanted to let the emotion of the event subside a little before putting pen to paper. I will break this blog down into registration, racking then split the race out into four sections. I will try to put lots of photos to break it up too. This is my second time doing Ironman … Continue reading IRONMAN UK 2021 RACE RECAP
Today marks 5 months since I declared myself an injured runner on the 18th October 2020 following the completion of the Virtual New York City Marathon. That statement alone tells you that I waited until completing a marathon before saying enough was enough. In fact, I had the pain at the end of August and continued to train as it “didn’t feel that bad”, I … Continue reading INJURY UPDATE – 5 MONTHS ON
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