I kept fairly quiet about Edinburgh Marathon in the build up to it, so I'm now going to backtrack and do a couple of posts about the preparations that took place. Because, I don't want the silence in the lead up to the race to mislead anyone into thinking I didn't train for it and [...]
Of the many marathons I've run, Edinburgh is only the third that I've returned to for another go. I have great memories of running Edinburgh on a freakishly hot day in 2012. It's where I ran sub-4 for the first time. I like Edinburgh, so I entered with the intention of a weekend away and [...]
The other day I was extra early for one of my running groups. I'd gone to collect some train tickets on the way which left me sitting in the park for 10 minutes before my runners arrived. There's always a lot of park life to watch in Finsbury Park to keep me entertained: two old guys [...]
Hello and welcome back to the podcast! It's been a while but I've got six great episodes lined up for the summer. First up, in this episode is Erin from Jasyoga. As a collegiate basketball player, Erin thought yoga was boring at first, time that could be better spent on the court or in the weight [...]
PBs are supposed to go down, not up right? Not mine. This week my personal best for 26.2 miles went from 3:38:08 to 3:42:30 without me having to put on a running shoe. It's pretty annoying to say the least. Back in 2013 I ran Manchester Marathon. I was wanting to get a London Marathon [...]
I live in Hackney. It's a pretty interesting place to live. Run Hackney Half Marathon has been going a few years but I've never been able to run it before. So when Brooks asked if I wanted to run 13.1 miles round the borough I was keen. I jogged the 5k from my flat, down [...]
Running is a seasonal affair. And I'm not just talking about putting away the thermal tights and digging out the short shorts for some sun's out - buns out runs. I'm talking race distances. Spring and autumn are marathon season, but those sunny months in between are all about shorter distances. It makes sense, your muscles [...]
Some days I don't want to go running. Though I want to have been running and to be able to tick a run off my plan, sometimes the thought of actually going out the door to run fills me with dread. It's probably a surprise to my runners that I feel like this. They assume [...]
The last instalment of Phil's London Marathon series sees him reflecting on race day. I was feeling a little nervous. I guess most people would be if they were trapped in a pen with a giant bear. Luckily for me it was Paddington bear and he was adjusting the race number on his duffel coat. [...]
After Charlotte finished her first marathon on Sunday, I asked her to share some words here. Here's her advice to budding marathoners. Last Sunday I joined the ranks of London marathon finishers. I ran a consistent pace all the way, and even persuaded my tired legs to speed up fractionally at the end, whilst raising [...]
