Sunday the schedule called for a 14-miler and so the long runs of this marathon season have begun. I don't really count anything below a half marathon as a long run - not because they're easy but because it would mean having to rename the 18 and 20-milers I'll be doing in a few weeks as [...]
Yesterday my waxing woman told me I'm her best customer. Not because I leave her the biggest tip (although I do think it's a wise move to tip people who can weild such power over you when you're at your most vulnerable) and not, I should add, because of any resemblence to sasquatch that makes me [...]
"Train for a autumn marathon, it'll be much easier than training for a spring marathon. You'll have longer days, warmer weather, less rain. It'll be a doddle compared to the winter London froze over." What idiot said this? Oh yeah, that's right - it was me.I'm an idiot. Actually, scrap that - the person that [...]
"I didn't have time." "I had too much on." "Something came up." We're all familiar with these excuses and I'm sure we've reached for more than one of them when justifying not running. But what if someone were to make the day longer. Well, someone has just bloody well gone and done that. My day is [...]
Never heard of hash running? Well it’s sort of like Fight Club but with running instead of fighting and with some downing of pints thrown into the mix. Last night Mr Niceguy (more Ed Norton than Brad Pitt for purposes of this metaphor) dragged me along to my first ever hash run.We ran around the [...]
Most of the time I smell like a hobo when I'm running. For the past two weeks though, I've actually been of 'no fixed abode' which has had an impact on my running. Don't worry, I'm not sleeping rough - some kind-hearted friends have opened up their homes to me and my smelly running shoes. [...]
I don't have a child, so I've never given birth but this week I feel like I know a little more about being a mother. As I was describing how my marathon training is going to a colleague the other day, she said: "Ah, that must be what it's like when you have a baby." [...]
My desk. 5pm.Colleague: Fancy a quick pint?Me: Ummmmm.....This morning I got up at 6 and trekked across London for an appointment. I didn't get to work until 10.30 so felt too bad to do anything more than eat a bagel at my desk. The afternoon was busy but my training plan stared up at me [...]
Last Tuesday I had a 3-mile race just two miles from my front door. How convienient! Except I was in Greece still. There's a huge business around doing races in foreign counties and you could spend thousands of pounds doing the Great Wall of China marathon, the Everest marathon and such likes. But I think I [...]
Greece. Home of Ouzo, Feta, fried cheese and running. I'm happy to report that all but one of those things featured in my recent 9 day trip to Kefalonia - and it was the Ouzo that I passed on. Mythos was my drink of choice. The marathon, as we all know, began in Greece. So [...]