Doing the best that I can, at writing, running and living
I had a good week of training last week but I didn’t space it out very well. My aim was to have a rest day on Wednesday and cycle with PROBs (Pensby Runners On Bikes) on Thursday, but Thursday came and went, and the only reason I didn’t go was that I was getting to… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 5
Having felt so positive in the previous couple of weeks, I’ve had a little dip. I don’t mean that I’m down in the doldrums. Quite the contrary, I feel pretty good, but I haven't quite fired on all cylinders this week. Yesterday, I was wiped out from a heavy duty headache for most of the… Continue reading Parkrun Sandwich + Yorkshire MT – Week 4
Well, that was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. Given that the forecast was for a 70% precipitation probability, I had expected glowering clouds, and a wetness akin to yesterday’s run. Instead, as I picked up Alex, it was still kind of dry, and the air, as we got… Continue reading Hilbre Island + Yorkshire MT – Week 3
Let me begin with the negatives of today’s run, and there were a few. Fail number one: when I got out the house, half an hour later than I wanted but still in time to run to Parkrun, the first two miles seemed not to have registered on my Runkeeper app. I had to stop… Continue reading Five Fails
This week I felt something. No, don’t worry. My calf muscle didn’t seize up and my hamstring didn’t ping. Quite the opposite in fact. I realised that I am getting stronger. There is probably a way of measuring this more scientifically, but I don’t need to see the metrics, I could feel it. By the… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 2
And rest. Actually, it’s probably not wise to be entirely sedentary for the taper period but it has been known for people to do exactly that and I’m currently tempted. A lot of the training plans start from three weeks out from your race date, and get you to cut your weekly mileage by twenty… Continue reading Taper Time: Marathon Training – Week 13
I realised today that I hadn’t done the weekly round up on Sunday, so I’ve set it out below. Yet another low mileage week, and I’ve binned Ben Parkes completely now as I currently can’t follow a supermarket trolley at the minute, never mind a training plan. I am feeling decidedly sorry for myself I… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 11
So here’s the plan. While the roast dinner is being made, I’m going to write this, or part of this blog, and not scoff the wine gums from the Chester 10K goody bag. It’s going to be hard. It was a big race, with over 3000 people toeing the line, including the likes of Birkenhead… Continue reading Spring Marathon Training – Week 10
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
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