Sweet (sub) 16

I finally managed to break the 16 minute barrier last Saturday at parkrun. The official time was 15:53 although my watch read 15:51 when I crossed the finish line.

I understand that parkrun is not an official 5k distance and is not recognised in the UK rankings but I guess…

About long runs

First off I need to confess that I could write about the long run until my fingers bled. I do understand, however, that sometimes less is more and hopefully I will be able to find the right balance between length and interesting. Last thing I want to do is go on about something and end up boring the…

About my marathon structure

I’ve got 20 weeks to go before Valencia. That is my A race for the year, by the way. I started preparing Valencia on January 15th or at least that’s when I started thinking about the right structure and phases I needed to cover in order to get me in a very good place the weeks…

Adapting to the conditions

As I’ve start reaching my short term goals (track 5000 and 10000 races) I find myself thinking both about maximising my performance on race day for those distances and starting to shift towards the demands and intricacies of the marathon specific work ahead.