FW: Brighton BlogSporty Girl recaps the sacrifices made on the road to her awesome marathon debut.With 2 half marathons under my belt, and basking in the glory of my sub 2 hour victory last October, I knew it was time to up my training in preparation for the Brighton Marathon which I had entered for [...]
Many runners detest the term 'fun run'. They think it describes an organised run of less than three miles where most people are running (or mostly walking) in fancy dress and raising money for charity, but not really concerned about how quickly they finish the course. But I'd like to reclaim the term. I'd like [...]
Slightly annoyed with the Brighton Marathon organisers for making us go down there the day before the race to collect our number, SportyGirl and I decided we may as well enjoy our daytrip to the seaside. The decision not to send out race numbers in the post was clearly profit driven and designed to get [...]
When people hear that I'm running two marathons in the space of six weeks their first response is 'Wow' or 'Rather you than me'. This came about rather by accident than overly confident planning, but now that I'm in the process of training for it I'm less impressed with myself than I was.Training for a [...]
Guest blogger 'Sporty Girl' talks about preparing for her first marathon.On New Year's Eve as we entered the year 2010 I declared that a lifestyle change was needed. Fast approaching 28, having lived in London for a number of years and having taken full advantage of all that this great city has to offer, my [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday I headed out to Richmond Park for the longest run I've done so far: 14 miles. This was a mile further than the half-marathon I did back in October but, more importantly, two miles further than I've ever run in a non-race environment and it went surprisingly well. I was able to have a [...]
I'd like to say I sprang out of bed in one joyful bound into my trainers, but that would be a lie. In truth I'm still trying to shake off a cold which is making the left hand side of my face ache and when the alarm went off at 6.10am, I didn't want to [...]
