Doing the best that I can, at writing, running and living
Well, could this day have gone any better? Not only did I make it to the finish line of my race but Liverpool suddenly put on a champion’s performance this evening, annihilating those devils on the other side of the M6. And to think, I’ll be running past Old Trafford in six weeks’ time! Not… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 9
The sun’s come out this afternoon and part of me thinks I should go out for a run. However, I’m holding myself back because yesterday’s final Cross Country race of the year is still making my legs a little heavy and the pain in my side has not gone away completely, so I’m going to… Continue reading Rest – And Spring Marathon Training – Week 8
This is an even more delayed week round up to last week’s delayed round up. There’s no excuse this time. I could have done it on Sunday, or even on Monday. However, here it is, on Wednesday morning, now that I’ve stopped feeling sorry for myself. Not about the failed run on Saturday so much… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 7
I was hoping to gently canter around the two-mile loop of Birkenhead Park nine times. I was hoping, at least if worst came to worst, to get above the 16 miles I managed to do two weeks ago. Sometimes that ‘hope’ lands and envelops you with confidence, and sometimes it flies off into the gusty… Continue reading A Glitch in the Marathon Training Matrix
A slight delay posting this as I had family round yesterday but here it is now: So this is the difference between running a 5K straight from the off, and running it with ten miles behind you. It is completely obvious I know, but as I was attempting to put the hammer down in those… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 6
After last week’s drop back week I really wanted to get a good long run in, to test whether I would do any better at it. I’m aware that I’m running more miles than Ben would advocate at this stage, but a) I haven’t been able to do any strength or cycling these past two… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 5
I’ve had a bit of an up and down week this week. quite an industrial stage set for the play An upside was going to Stratford-upon-Avon overnight and not taking my running gear. It’s not that I hate running, on the contrary, I’m really enjoying it at the moment. It is just good to give… Continue reading Highs and Lows
Week 4 is finally complete and luckily it was a drop-back week because I managed to develop a cold last Sunday afternoon. Drop-back weeks are thrown into a long build up every three to four weeks, to help consolidate the training so far, which means you are supposed to lessen the overall mileage and the… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training-Week 4
This morning I have mostly been attempting to take artful photographs of my running shoes old and new. Alongside setting another course PB in Parkrun, but we’ll get to that in a bit. As you can see, my old shoes have seen better days but they don’t have a hole where the big toe often… Continue reading Old Shoes Going Out On A High
I was supposed to be running in a Cross Country race this morning but yesterday I thought my legs would not hold up and pulled out. Yesterday, I was on my feet for a little over 3 hours and 10 minutes doing a Long Slow Run, which turned into a Long Slow Walk with occasional… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 3
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