Bournemouth marathon is now just seven weeks away. That's four big training weeks and then a three-week taper. It's starting to seem really close and I've got mixed feelings about that. I'm excited to run this race and aim for a PB (under 3:38), but I know I'll need the next four weeks to get [...]
If you’re lucky enough to have easy access to a running track, it can be a really hand tool to help with your training. But a lot of people are daunted by those eight red circles and put off from training on one because they think they’re only for ‘proper fast runners’. They’re not. There [...]
A new kind of nervousness came over me the night before London Triathlon. I wasn’t concerned about my own race. I’m in the middle of marathon training and at points I thought I might not make the start of the Olympic distance tri at all, which ruled out the question of going fast and took [...]
I run to work at least once a week. It wasn't always that way. I used to think I couldn't run in the mornings, but then I decided this was just something I was telling myself. So, in light of lots of people catching on that the time spent sat on a bus or train [...]
Training for running (and cycling and swimming) can be a bit lonely if you let it. I'm a member of a lovely running club and I proudly wear my club vest at a lot of the races I do. But sometimes, instead of the red and yellow colours of my club, I wear the vomiting [...]
This one is all about triathlons. Long triathlons! I take on Castle Triathlon's iron-distance The Bastion as a relay team with friends Cathy and Charlie. And then I go for a run with and have a chat to ultra runner turned Ironman competitor, Susie Chan. Listen to podcast Download it | Listen online [...]
Training plans are all very good, but there comes a point where you have to make your plan a reality. And that means lacing up your trainers and getting out the door. I've written my own training plan for Bournemouth marathon, as I have for my past few marathons (and ultras). This time, however, instead [...]
As I was away doing a iron distance relay last Sunday, I dispatched guest blogger Phil to run the Vitality British 10k and write a report. There's been quite a few times when I have wanted to drop out of a race, but not usually after one mile. As I turned the corner towards Nelson's [...]
Hands up if you've ever entered a race, printed off a training plan, stuck it up on your wall and diligently ticked off all your runs in the first two weeks, only to find your motivation to train missing in action by week three or four. Yep, guilty as charged. I remember jumping out of [...]
Last week was pretty hot in London. The heatwave coincided with two things: the start of my training for Bounemouth marathon and my recent flat move. I've swapped my usual run and cycle commute for a new route and I'd been trying to find ways to avoid going over a big hill in Highbury. (This [...]
