October 2011
5 posts
A year
When I ran my first ever marathon in Barcelona it was such a high. Completing a distance I had never come close to before, feeling the accomplishment on my body and the knowledge that I had done what I set out to do. On the plane home I was scouring the marathon magazine I had been given in my finisher pack for my next race. Nothing was going to stop me now! Maybe I could even run an ultra?! Why...
Movement
I’m running again. It feels good, under golden autumn leaves and through a crisp bite in the cold air. Today’s sunshine was enough to make anyone smile, and knowing that I’ve been running the last 3 days feels good, however short distances. I tire ridiculously quickly, but I know that this is where I start. Nice and steady, building the foundation that a race relies on, and the...
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What I have learnt
When you do your marathon training plan don’t let it end with ‘the big day’. The really hard bit is what follows. Draft a plan for the next three months, and even if you don’t follow it, there will be something reminding you of a) what you have achieved, b) that you need to go running again, c) that you’ve knocked out massively long runs, and d) that you can do it all...
Running. Blues.
So I ran a marathon three weeks ago, and I haven’t run since. I have plenty of excuses: I’ve been mad busy, I’ve been completing the book project I was working on, colleagues at work have been ill and I had to pick up their tasks, I’ve been traveling for work, missed running group, etc, etc.
But I haven’t gone running.
I guess the reason I’m thinking about...
A man who’s 100 years old ran a marathon. I’m very impressed.
