This is part one of my bi-weekly New York City Marathon training update series. The goal is to track my recovery from an injury through to the NYC marathon where I will be aiming to run a sub 3 hour marathon. Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 TRAINING UPDATE: WEEK 1 & 2
We are now 5 weeks on from Ironman 70.3 Mallorca where I sustained a grade 2 tear of my right calf which ultimately forced me to withdraw from the race. I posted my initial thoughts on the race, weekend and injury in my IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 RACE RECAP and now wanted to put down how things are progressing. As soon as I felt it go when … Continue reading INJURY UPDATE
With two weeks to go until race day I thought I would set out my goal for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. My goal is simple. I am going here to race, I have been targetting this race since I signed up for the NYRR Virtual 6 programme in March 2018. This was how I got my place in the race and has been a goal … Continue reading BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON HOPES & DREAMS
The Mid-Cheshire 5k is my first 5k since I ran an 18:51 PB at ROCK n ROLL LIVERPOOL 5k in 2018 (not counting the Chicago 5k and Abbotts Dash to the Finish as they were shakeout runs for the marathons the following day. I signed up for the Mid-Cheshire 5k as it is billed as a fast flat course, the fastest 5k in the UK in 2018 … Continue reading MID-CHESHIRE 5K SPRING 2019 RACE RECAP
Now that I am close to completing my goal of running the 6 world marathon majors (just Boston remaining), I have been thinking about what I will do after I have ticked that one off. I am the type of guy who likes to have something to work towards. I don’t like signing up for one race, training for it, running it and then sitting … Continue reading THE SPEED PROJECT
This is a brief description on why I chose not to run the Manchester marathon last weekend. Continue reading WHY I DIDN’T RUN THE MANCHESTER MARATHON
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.
Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2018 EXPO & 5K
Marathon major number 4. This is the race I have spent the whole summer working towards. The A race for 2018, the race where I run well, the race I set a PB and run the time I know I am capable of….. that was the plan.. Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2018 RACE RECAP
Here we go again, marathon distance run number 9 and back in the US for another major. This blog talks about my travelling out to Chicago the trip(s) to the expo and the Saturday International Chicago 5k run. Continue reading CHICAGO MARATHON 2018 EXPO & 5k
The Cheshire Runner. 