I’m a little bit nervous. I have decided to run/walk twenty miles (ish) tomorrow. The first of my two twenty-mile long runs. I’m deliberately going out on the Wirral Way, where it can get tedious because it is flat and straight but is ideal for getting a rhythm going because it is flat and straight.… Continue reading A Super Long Run
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Loch Ness MT – Somewhere between Weeks 4 and 8
I haven’t written a blog about my running for four weeks. The last one was talking about Week 4 and now we’re nearing the end of Week 8, so for me, who can normally natter on, that’s a while. In past marathon iterations I’ve managed to get something out more frequently, but not this time.… Continue reading Loch Ness MT – Somewhere between Weeks 4 and 8
Loch Ness MT – Week 4
I made the mistake, the other day, of looking back at my records. Specifically, around the training of the Yorkshire Marathon in October 2023. That was only three years ago. Three years is not that long, but for a woman who had then just turned fifty, and now is nearly fifty-three, it feels like an… Continue reading Loch Ness MT – Week 4
New Year Plans and XC Wins
A few pics from the Loch Ness website I know I said that I’d be continuing my endeavours to improve on my half marathon time this year, but I appear to have changed that thinking slightly. After chatting with some running club buddies about the Loch Ness Marathon for which an advert had appeared in… Continue reading New Year Plans and XC Wins
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