No sooner have Christmas and New Year passed us by, we are looking forward to the spring marathon season. I for one cannot wait to see the back of these cold, grey and damp winter months. I would be happy if we had some snow here in the UK, I love running in snow but nope, just rain and fog. This spring I will be … Continue reading SPRING MARATHON SEASON
This is my third time running the New York City Marathon, have a read of my NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2017 and NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2018 to see how the previous two years have gone. Some highs and some lows in there and more of the same to come in 2019. The day began with a 4:30am alarm, thankfully, the clocks go back an hour … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 RACE RECAP
The final day in New York. Another marathon weekend draws to a close as does the 2019 racing season for me. I now have no more races on the plan until 1st March 2020 and after a long season which pretty much began on the 27th November 2018 and went right through to yesterday, 3rd November 2019, it has been a long tiring year. It … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 4: LEAVING NEW YORK
This post will be quite brief. Today was race day so I will post a separate New York City Marathon race recap. I have a rule when it comes to posting or making any decisions after a big race like this. Leave it 72 hours before doing anything regarding the race. That gives time for things to sink in and not post in the heat … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 3: RACE DAY
After a long tiring travel day and expo yesterday in the NYCM Day 1 post, today was going to be more relaxing and getting things ready for the run tomorrow. I was also signed up to run the Abbott 5k Dash to the Finish which I was going to be using as a shakeout run. I didn’t have a great sleep, the room felt hot … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 2: 5K DASH & RELAXING?
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
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
World marathon major number 5 and my 11th marathon distance run. Can I back up what I did in New York 4 months ago, could I run another PB….. Continue reading TOKYO MARATHON 2019 RACE RECAP
For me, as with most marathon runners, completing the six marathon majors and earning that huge six star medal was my big long-term goal of mine ever since I ran my first marathon in Paris back in 2017. Back then I don’t think I quite anticipated just how challenging it would be. Running 6 marathons is hard work, and arranging and paying for the travel … Continue reading HOW TO: RUN THE WORLD MARATHON MAJORS
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
The Cheshire Runner. 