Autumn has arrived. My race diary is empty until next year and my marathon training plan doesn’t start just yet. What now? Time to ‘fall’ in love with running again… Here are my plans for the Autumn season. Build up the mileage up again. For me, autumn is more of a bearable temperature for running – if …
Race Review: Yorkshire 10 Mile 2017
What do you do if you are unprepared for a race? Turn up and run it anyway! I wasn’t feeling this one: I’d been very lazy. I’d been short on time. I was exhausted. I hadn’t done enough training. I’d eaten far too many doughnuts. It’s a hometown event, I wouldn’t miss it for the …
Alternatives to the London Marathon
The Virgin London Marathon ballot was drawn this week. As predicted it was a no for me – I really wish I had the same luck predicting lottery numbers. A record 386,050 people applied this year for the 17,000 (ish) places which made it a 1 in 23 chance of being accepted. If, like me, …
The wait is over…
This is the week where I pace up and down like an expectant father, where I stalk my post lady waiting for the red van to turn into my street and where I constantly refresh my emails. Months of waiting are finally over – the London Marathon ballot results are out THIS WEEK. How it …
It’s taper time!
Autumn marathons are nearly here – it’s time to taper. Unlike last minute cramming before an exam the 2-3 weeks before a marathon is where you start to take it easy or to give it it’s proper name – tapering. Tapering is believed to be essential for peak performance on race day and can take from …
Running: The most expensive free sport!
Running is a cheap way of keeping fit, all you need to run are a pair of trainers, right? That may be true for the casual runner – marathon running can be an expensive hobby. Don’t get me wrong, running requires no monthly membership or any equipment like golf clubs. But there is a lot more financial …