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
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
On 4th February I raced the Mad Dog 10k in Southport. This was my first time running this race after going down sick on race day in 2018 and missing out. I was using this race as a hard threshold effort as part of my training block for the Boston and London Marathons in April and it was a good job I wasn’t going all … Continue reading MAD DOG 10K 2024 RACE RECAP
On 19th August I took part in the Track Shack Celebration of Running 5k in Orlando FL. No plans or goals for this other than just to run hard and enjoy it. We arrived in Florida from the UK on 17th Aug and spent yesterday at Magic Kingdom clocking up the steps and time on feet. Not really a concern for a 5k and first … Continue reading TRACK SHACK’S CELEBRATION OF RUNNING 5k 2023 RACE RECAP
On 23rd July, I raced the Wrexham 10k. This summer I had signed up to race three local 10k’s in a bid to beat my 10k PB of 37:30 which I set 3 years ago at the Chase The Sun Tatton 10k coming off the back of all that lockdown running. 6 weeks ago I raced the Colshaw Hall 10k on a hot early summer … Continue reading WREXHAM 10K 2023 RACE RECAP
On the 11th June, I raced the Colshaw Hall 10k in Cheshire. This was my first race since running a PB at London Marathon 8 weeks ago. In that time, I had taken a week off to allow some recovery time, obviously lowered the weekly mileage, and switched focus to shorter but faster intervals. My goal for the summer was to try and beat my … Continue reading COLSHAW HALL 10K 2023 RACE RECAP
On 11th May, I raced the Mow Cop Killer Mile for the third time but this my daughter also took part in the kid’s Killer Mile. There was a really big turnout this year which was super pleasing, this is a small-town race operated by the local running club and only returned in 2022 after disappearing from the calendar for 3 years. First up were … Continue reading MOW COP KILLER MILE 2023 RACE RECAP
On 23rd April I raced the London Marathon for the second time. After gaining a charity place for the 2018 London Marathon, this year I had a good-for-age place from last year’s Paris Marathon and was aiming for a much better time than the 3:58.13 I ran in 2018 whilst dressed as a Love Heart. Training for this year’s race had gone really well, I … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2023 RACE RECAP
I headed to the London Marathon expo on Saturday with the family to pick up my race bib for the race the day after. Having ran the Boston Marathon on Monday and traveled back to the UK Tuesday, I wasn’t really planning on spending much time at the expo, I wanted to spend as little time on my feet as possible. Never an easy task … Continue reading LONDON MARATHON 2023 REGISTRATION & EXPO
The Cheshire Runner. 