Category: Running

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

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

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

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