Those of you that have read this blog may know that the first marathon Laura took part in was The MoonWalk back in 2005, with her sister Emma and myself. When Laura was home at Christmas she signed up both Emma and myself for this year’s MoonWalk. This weekend we Walked the Walk. Laura had [...]
As the Women's Tour rolled through the country this week, myself Cat, Cathy, Laura and Polly saddled up and cycled from London to Brighton. Because cycling is more fun with friends and you don't have to be part of an organised event or be a professional athlete to cycle a long way.
And just like that it’s week 20 of my Ironman training. The weeks have gone past pretty quickly – it’s nearly four weeks since London marathon but seems like only a few days ago. I have occasional bouts of ‘Shit, shit, shit I’m not prepared, I’m not doing enough, what have I been doing for [...]
Some mark the change of season by the changing fashions or weather, but runners mark their calendar with the change from running long and slow to short and fast. After the madness of spring marathons for the past couple of months it's this time of year that a lot of runners turn their attention to [...]
“Try not to get too hung up on the profile. It's not going to change. Just get out on some hills!” This was the advice from Katie after I’d spent several hours staring at the course profile for Ironman UK. It had started several weeks earlier when an email from the race director cheerily informed [...]
Adapted from the W H Auden poem 'Funeral blues' by my friend Phil, another marathoner.
London Marathon 2014 In many ways, London marathon didn't go quite as I expected. I wanted to run 3:30 - 3:35. I finished in 4:19. I wanted to love it and come back year after year, but I finished not wanting to run London ever again. I wanted to qualify for Boston, instead I've fallen [...]
While the legs might not be ready to run 26.2 miles though London, the kit, at least, is ready to go. This will be my eighth marathon, and over the past few years I've come to know what I do and don't like to wear on race day. While I have a lot of kit [...]
As I hurtled along a bumpy road on my bike during my second ever triathlon, the Marlow Olympic tri, I told myself "you only have to do this three more times". Just two 70.3s and a Ironman and I could stop messing around and go back to just doing the running thing. Last week I [...]
Why do triathletes need so much stuff? There's a short answer and a long answer to this questions. The short answer is: they don't. But I hope you'll do me a favour and keep reading. Between signing up for my first triathlon and lining up for the race, I acquired two very important items: a [...]
