The days prior to a race should be spent resting up, drinking plenty of fluid and eating well. So that's what I did. I laid in bed for two whole days straight shivering, sweating and aching; ate handfuls of ibuprofen tablets; and drank plenty of Lemsip. I had a cold and the Saturday night prior [...]
The dominance of Kenyans in long distance running has been the subject of much debate: is it a genetic advantage? Is it a product of their environment? Is there some magical secret to the way they train? If we moved to Kenya and trained with Kenyan runners, could we be as good as them? I [...]
I love it when a plan comes together. After last year's Great Eastern Run when I missed out on a 2-hour time by four minutes, I was back in Peterborough on Sunday determined to crack the magic number. With more miles under my belt courtesy of marathon training early in the year and more experience [...]
The sun certainly had his hat on yesterday - unfortunately I didn't, as you may remember I threw my cap into the crowd on the home straight of the Brighton Marathon and haven't got round to buying a replacement. This I came to regret yesterday when I lined up for the start of the South London 10k [...]
2 hours and 4 minutes. There's quite a few things that you could in that time. Watch a film, clean the bathroom, eat a nice meal. But are any of them as rewarding as running 13.1 miles cheered on as though you're a celebrity... if there is I'm yet to discover it.On Sunday I completed [...]
I've just realised that with all the excitement of entering my half marathon and telling all my friends and family, I hadn't thought to make my chosen event known to the blogging world. Ta-da, here it is the Great Eastern Run 2009 which will be held in Peterborough on Sunday 11 October. (www.greateasternrun.co.uk).There are a [...]