According to Matt Fitzgerald, Haile Gebrselassie doesn't use a training plan. I like this fact, it reassures me. But this isn't the same thing as not training. The greatest living marathoner does more miles in his sleep than I would do in the average marathon training cycle. This is the opposite of reassuring me - [...]
Training plans are rubbish aren't they? It's the way they stare at you making you feel bad, inadequate and underprepared that I hate. It's difficult to argue with them because they don't compromise, however long you stare at the words "8 miles steady" they don't change.I've tried to avoid crosses on my training plan by using arrows, annotations, [...]
Eight weeks ago my campaign for a sub-4 marathon began in Greece. It was a boozy week that included a bit of running - but I did hit my mileage targets despite it being hotter than the sun even at 7pm when I was heading out for my sessions.Two months later the mileage has picked [...]
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 [...]
Last night something magical happened. At 5 o'clock I got changed into my running kit, which was slightly smelly after its third day in service without being washed (but that's a debate for another post - to wash or not to wash kit). I headed out of my office and ran towards the River Thames [...]