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 [...]
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 [...]
Week 8 of my marathon training plan and I realise I haven't written much about the nitty-gritty of how many miles I've been clocking up for a while. Rest assured the mileage has been climbing and the weeks have been ticked off. It's only this week, however, that my distance heads into the unknown.The furthest [...]