The Virgin London Marathon, a crazy British institution more bonkers than any other Abbott major marathon. Can it be a year since I ran it? I had my spot booked on the sofa from 8.30am, coffee and chocolate twists served… Read More ›
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Review the old, set goals for the new. Happy 2016 all.
So sitting on the sofa feeling dull, ( OK too hungover to run for a bus let alone attempt one of this mornings New Years Day park runs), looking back at the highs and lows of 2015 seems a good… Read More ›
The Mara-nerd
Ok so what else can you do with all the no marathon training time? Well I decided to go all mara-nerd! That meant an extreme amount of faffing about with my Garmin uploads to see just what completing the world’s… Read More ›
The highs, the lows post VLM
So what are the highs and lows of post marathon week? For once I tried hard to actually account for my age and give running a few days rest, let the old girl recover properly. Monday was spent in a… Read More ›
I am a marathon runner and wow what a marathon!
Wow and wow again, the VLM, the greatest road race in the world, the 26.2……I did that ! So I am now a marathon runner, one of just 1% of the population who have run a marathon (funny, it doesn’t… Read More ›
Am I ready? Hell yes…….
VLM #2days, I’ve been so excited today it’s been hard to focus. I actually sat in a quite corner and bretathed deeply just to get some calm and focus. I’m desperate to put the taper behind me, what a weird… Read More ›