Last night saw my first post-marathon run - 3 miles around the streets of Wimbledon. It was good to be out in my trainers again. I had 21 days (or 3 weeks if you like) off after the Brighton Marathon and for me that meant complete rest other than a couple of cycles.Some people take more, [...]
Mission accomplished: running my first marathon It took two years and many hundreds of miles to get there, but on Sunday 18 April I crossed the finish line of my marathon. I'm not sure what I expected it to be like, but it wasn't how I imagined it would go. If you can believe this [...]
Getting quite nervous now.
I'm a big fan of the Marathon Talk podcasts. They kept me company on a couple of my long runs and I've picked up quite a bit of information from them. One thing I learnt from Tom Williams and Martin Yelling nattering in my ear is how to carb load. I had assumed, like many [...]
Blogging about my marathon mission has been as much a journey into the unknown as the training for the event itself. I once read somewhere that blogging was a lot like talking to yourself in an empty room - it's only the occasional comments from people that have stumbled upon your words than make you [...]
Thirteen weeks ago I started training for my first marathon. If I had known then that the UK was set to experience the coldest winter in 31 years, I may have reconsidered. But I didn't, so I didn't - and now, with all my long runs complete and just 19 days to go before I'm [...]
Richmond ParkIt's with great pride and excitement that I can announce that I, a self-confessed lazy girl and recently reformed couch potato, have completed my first 18-mile training run. Can you believe it? I can't.On Sunday I set off on my own to Richmond Park with just my running backpack full of water and four [...]
The dreams have started - the anxiety dreams. They're centered around the Brighton Marathon but as yet they don't concern the running part. Probably because the running part has been planned and prepared for four days a week for the past 11 weeks. I don't think I can do more preparation on the running front [...]
With only three 'real' weeks of training left (that's three weeks of big mileage before I start to taper) I'm starting to worry - and not about the things you might think. Obviously I have that dull noise at the back of my mind that keeps questioning whether I'll be able to complete the marathon [...]
This weekend I was flying solo for my long run. I was back home visiting my parents and the schedule called for 16 miles. The change of scenery from my usual Richmond Park route really made a difference and I quite enjoyed plodding along by myself, singing out loud at points hoping nobody would come [...]
