Some of the ups and downs of the training for the 2023 Milton Keynes marathon
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What’s next?
Well, before I get on to what’s next, first a reflection on the months since April. It’s been too long since I last posted any running news. In part that’s because there was relatively little positive to say, running-wise, but that’s now starting to change. The week after my “not the Boston Marathon run”, the […]
First outing for the Vaporflys
As I mentioned last week, for my birthday I received a pair of Nike Vaporfly Next% running shoes. They weren’t a surprise – they’d been sitting in a box in the spare bedroom since just after Christmas when a discount-on-a-discount meant that they’d been picked up for under £200 rather than the RRP of £240 […]
So, how did the year go? Races
Hadleigh with Alex, Andy, Catherine, Claire and Lucy That heading is the first time I’ve written anything quite like that – with the exception of the WLR gang at the Reading Half in 2010, I don’t think I’ve had more than two people known to me at a run. When I’d met with Catherine and […]
Plans afoot
Since getting my place in May 2017 for in The Big One on 22 April 2018, I’ve deliberately run a lot more races than previously, with more in the pipeline. Those planned still to do: In March, my first overseas race, the Cyprus Half Marathon in Paphos. In places it’s not the most thrilling of routes, […]
Review of the year
So, how did 2017’s running go? I’m pretty pleased.
Running USA
With a holiday of over a week in the USA planned, I wanted to do some running while I was there. The holiday started with a day in San Francisco, where there are some good running spots, but I was very tired from the long journey to get there, we had a packed day as […]
Three countries, three runs
Before last year, going on holiday was generally reason not to be running, but with my commitment to run in more different locations, and to maintain fitness without the excuses of travel (leisure or business), that has changed. My runs while away from home may sometimes be shorter or easier, but hopefully most offer plenty […]
Monsal Trail – longest yet
This week’s runs have seen me on the Thames towpath just south of Oxford; from home to Drinkstone and back; knocking five minutes off my Thetford parkrun PB from two years ago; and then today’s big one. I was travelling to near Manchester, so I’d always thought that if the weather was good I might […]
Official photos and reflections
The chunky entry fee for Sunday’s London 10 Mile run included “free” photographs. Most of my 18 are actually of other people entirely or I’m barely visible. But two are reasonable photos, at 5 and 10 miles… The official results put me in 1086th place (based on chip time), about 34% of the way through the […]
Little ones
Wednesday saw me realise that the need to drop the car off at the garage meant that the window for a run was short, so it was just a brisk 3.5km across the village and back rather than the intended 5 or 6km tempo run. Friday by contrast was planned to be short. Inspired by […]
The picture is at Languard Point, with the sea behind me, the exit of Harwich Harbour to the left, and shows a bit of the nature reserve, cluttered with the accumulated remains of several centuries of military defences and hemmed in by the Port of Felixstowe behind and the seaside world of leisure away to […]
New shoes
As my main road shoes (I have another pair of trail shoes) are coming towards the end of their recommended life, I treated myself to a new pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS shoes, my fourth such – this is the 2017 model, and I’ve had two 2016s and a 2014 pair. The primary focus was […]
New things
With two weeks to go before the London 10 mile race in Richmond Park, Sunday was my last long run for the next 14 days. My schedule called for 15.3km at 5:37/km and I managed 15.3km at 5:36/km, coming in 9 seconds ahead of plan, so that was pretty pleasing. Today was a day of […]