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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Running on Christmas dayA belated happy New Year and a belated posting. I've been away for two weeks in the sun but I'm pleased to say that I only took one week off of training and continued my running while on holiday. I like to think that that's a really dedicated thing to do but [...]
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 [...]
