38th Trinidad Alfonso EDP Valencia Marathon

I am late to the start. I look around frantically whilst trying to pin my number on…

Costly victory

Sunday I took part in the Orpington High Elms 10k. It’s genuinely one of my favourite running events of the year. And I mean it. To me it feels as far as possible from a typical road race. It’s entirely off road with a good mix of scenery and it’s probably the hilliest race I know.

Ladywell 10,000 & Day 1 marathon plan

Early and long blog entry. A bit about yesterday’s track experience and a bit about what’s to come over the next few weeks.

I had a fair level of excitement about yesterday’s race on the track. I kind of had been preparing/training for it…

About negative splits

I was not going to write anything about marathon pacing. In fact, since I don’t re-read my own posts on this blog it is…

About racing

Right, so I have had time to organise my thoughts on racing. What it means to me, my own journey from dreading it to loving it and some of, what I would consider, key concepts.

I love racing. And it’s perhaps for this very reason that I do not race too often. But before going…

About the marathon experience

Since I have started encountering some issues with my own marathon preparation I’ve gotten more philosophical about the whole experience. it has given me a bit of distance from my own training and my own preparation.

About the runner’s blues

So it’s been almost 2 weeks since the marathon. I could easily start writing about the runner’s blues. I’m sure every marathoner goes through the same feeling of nostalgia and sadness. It’s like closing a chapter of your life. I get that same feeling when I finish watching a great box…

About fuel efficiency

Last Sunday I completed a fairly standard long run on a bit of a hilly course. It’s pretty much the same loop I have been doing for the last few years when marathon training. Sunday was 33km (20.5 miles) but I have extended it to up to 40km (25 miles) in previous occasions. Anything…

About Taper

Taper has finally arrived. Not surprisingly I have that unmistakable feeling of being unprepared, the same I get at the start of every taper. I really doesn’t matter how long I have been training for the race or how much it drags during certain times, it’s always the same, get to taper and want more time…