Here is my first update of what I hope will be an epic year of running, starting with January’s scores on the doors: All in all, January was a really solid body of work that …
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January 2019
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Boston on my mind – part 2
The first time. There is something undeniably magical about being part of the Boston Marathon. I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s there, in the air, almost tangible. It feels like the whole city is …
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Boston on my mind – Part 1
From a twinkle in my eye to a date in the diary. So with just a week to go to the 2018 Boston Marathon, and with training having turned to tapering, it seems as good …
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Ice ice, save me.
So it was all going so well. I had a storming first marathon of the season, and was happily trucking along with my in-between plan – all was rosy in Rob’s running garden. Or was …
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In-between days
A lot of runners (myself included) who take on more than one race in a ‘season’ (however you define it) run into a similar problem of training management. Our first race is done and dusted, …
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Fast, at last.
In May of 2010, not long after I’d limped over the finish line of my first ever marathon in a time of 4:18, a friend looked up what time I’d need to run to achieve …
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“Act your age and take up golf”
“Act your age and take up golf”. This was the advice given to me by a passing neighbor as I struggled to the end of one of my runs this week.
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Begin again
In 13 weeks I’ll run The Light At The End of the Tunnel Marathon. This will be my 14th marathon. Between now and then I have approximately 75 days of training. Today was day one. I …
Run me to the moon 