Short run weekend and thank goodness as the weather was rubbish. Especially on Sunday morning. I had booked myself on to the Liverpool Half Marathon, ages ago, before I knew I’d be running London. Luckily it seemed to coincide quite well with my training in that it gave me a valid excuse to take it… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 12
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London Marathon Training: Week 11
I knew it was going to be a tough ask to try and do 20 miles again this weekend after last week’s gargantuan effort. But I had a beautiful spring day and a picturesque route on my side. Plus, the night before, my sister Hersha, had looked up the top ten foods for marathon runners… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 11
London Marathon Training: Week 10
I missed out last week’s blog because I had such a miserable attempt at running I felt too sorry for myself to put it on paper, virtual or otherwise. After the high of running a PB in the half marathon in week 8, I thought that maybe I could get below 4.45 or even 4.30… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 10
London Marathon Training: Week 8
I’ve been looking at training plans again. There are so many of them on the internet; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and so many variations on each of those. I was just looking to see how I was shaping up at this point compared to their programs. As I may have said already, the idea of following… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 8
London Marathon Training: Week 7
I’ve actually reached over half way in my schedule, which is a bit scary. I know there are still 9 weeks to go but the last three of those are supposed to be for ’tapering’ down and resting up before the big day. Plus I’ve got two half marathon race weekends which I’d signed up… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 7
London Marathon Training: Week 6
I ran 16 miles today instead of the 17 I’d set myself which is obviously not that far short but I’m gutted. Properly down in the dumps, low and deflated. The reason I think is because I’d been feeling sooo good all week, strong in my midweek runs and hardly any pains or knots in… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 6
London Marathon Training: Week 5
I went out this morning at just before 9am, six days after doing my last long run, with the aim of adding just a couple of miles. How hard could it possibly be? Well, as it turned out, really hard as I had to do my first 15 all over again before adding those two… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 5
London Marathon Training: Week 4
I’m writing this with a radiator at my back and with a tennis ball being rolled around by the soles of my feet. It’s cold out there. Last week was a bit up and down in terms of emotions and energy. I started it off well, feeling really adrenalinised (is that a word?) by… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 4
London Marathon Training: Week 3
If you follow the tennis you may have heard about Heather Watson crashing out of the first round of the Aussie Open due to, as she phrased it, ‘girl things’. Now perhaps she should have taken the Pill or injected the right hormones and chemicals to make sure her periods didn't get in the way… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 3
London Marathon Training: Week 2
I had a half marathon race scheduled for yesterday which got cancelled due to the icy conditions. Unfortunately it was stopped at the eleventh hour - when we'd all arrived and squished into the club hall trying to keep warm and waiting to line up. That meant that I had to go back home but… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 2
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