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Bath and Reading Half Marathons
Bath Half, Sunday March 12th 2017, 11am. http://bathhalf.co.uk/Reading Half, Sunday March 19th 2017, 1015am. http://www.readinghalfmarathon.com/Its marathon build-up time, which for me means lots of...
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Manchester Marathon – Half a Review
Sunday April 2nd 2017, 0900/0930. www.greatermanchestermarathon.comSunday April 2nd 2017, 0900/0930. www.greatermanchestermarathon.comWith only 2 weeks to go until starting my first Boston Marathon,...
View ArticleMatt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? - A Quick Summary
Matt Fitzgerald’s most recent book, “How Bad Do You Want It?” does, I have to say, have a truly terrible title. However, I have enjoyed reading it, and have taken some useful help from it, so thought...
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Boston Marathon 2017 – A Diary, with a Race Review if you look hard enough
Monday 17th April 2007, 10am, www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon.aspxBoston Marathon is the oldest marathon in the world by a massive distance, at least when compared to the more well-known races out...
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#TwoTwentyNine
The London Marathon 2018, an arbitrary distance of 26 miles and 385 yardsTwo hours twenty nine minutes. An arbitrary passage of time equal to 9540 seconds, or more precisely, thetimeneededfor a...
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Weald Challenge ‘Half’ - Race Review
Sunday 28th May 2017, 0915http://www.trailrunningsussex.co.uk/trailraces.htmlI guess it’s a sign of just how perfect The Lovely Wife is, that one of my Christmas presents this year was entry into a...
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Journey from 4h20m
I’ve been asked a few times what exactly I have done over time in order to move my marathon time from 4h20m in 2002, to my PB of 2h34m from 2016.I usually answer with a fairly generic summary,...
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Porto Half Marathon – A Quick Review
Sunday September 17th, 10:00am. http://www.meiamaratonadoporto.com/en/The RaceAt €15 entry price (yes, you read that right!), I guess my expectations of this race weren’t particularly high. And yet it...
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Bournemouth Half Marathon – A Quick Review
Sunday October 8th, 0800. https://www.bournemouthmarathon.com/half-marathon/The RaceIn terms of organization, this race has to be one of the best I’ve ever run. Its obvious the team running this events...
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#TwoTwentyNine – Winter 17-18 Training Plan
Now that the summer/autumn half marathons are out of the way (OK but not great performances, both 1:14 and change) my attention turns 100% to the London Marathon 2018, and my aim to get under 2 hours...
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Training Summary – London Marathon minus 24 weeks
Training Summary – London Marathon minus 24 weeks. General Preparation Phase75 miles, 8 Runs with 3 quality sessions, 1 gym sessionHave settled into the rhythm of training now so the legs are feeling...
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Paris Ekiden - Photos
Paris Ekiden 2017, Sunday Nov 5th 0900, www.ekiden-paris.frThe What? A relay event covering the distance of a marathon, for teams of 6 (male/female/mixed), with legs of 5k/10k/5k/10k/5k/7.2k. Preceded...
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Surrey League Cross Country - Round 2. Photos and Results
Saturday 11th November, https://surreyleague.org/Women - Nonsuch park, 6km, 11amPosClubPointsScores1 C/C A672 10 13 19 232 THH A1103 16 18 36 373 H/W A1145 9 24 27 494 HHH A1406 25 31 35 435 RAN A17217...
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Training Summary - London Marathon minus 17 weeks #TwoTwentyNine
Training Summary – London Marathon minus 17 weeks. Hard sessions before Xmas pig out87 miles, 10 Runs with 2 quality sessions + parkrun hard, 2 gym sessionsVery happy with a week of good mileage and...
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Training Summary - London Marathon minus 12 weeks #TwoTwentyNine
Training Summary – London Marathon minus 12 weeks. Tired!72 miles, 9 Runs with 1.5 quality sessions, 1 gym sessionA 5 day running week before going skiing for a week from Saturday (although I’ll still...
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Training Summary - London Marathon minus 8 weeks
Training Summary – London Marathon minus 8 weeks. Not Great87 miles, 9 Runs with 2 session + XC, 1 gym session(See my Strava profile for run data - https://www.strava.com/athletes/4256773)Not the best...
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Online Training Logs for runners
Apparently people used to use equipment called ‘pens’ and something else called ‘paper’ to record things, and runners especially used to spend hours writing down every detail of their training into...
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Training Summary – London Marathon minus 4 weeks
Training Summary – London Marathon minus 4 weeks. Unplanned easier week = Half marathon PB66 miles, 9 Runs with 1 race(See my Strava profile for run data - https://www.strava.com/athletes/4256773)After...
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Ecotrail de Paris 30k - Race Review
www.traildeparis.comParis in the Springtime. Images of beautiful blue skies, long walks by the Seine, drinking rosé at a streetside café. One expression can certainly evoke a whole range of different...
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Training Summary - London Marathon minus 1 week
Training Summary – London Marathon minus 1 week. Training done!53 miles, 7 Runs with 1 quicker session, and 1 parkrun PB(See my Strava profile for run data - https://www.strava.com/athletes/4256773)Any...
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