Pandemic, pity, perspective
Looking back to the start of the year, my perspective on my training schedule. I started full of hope, eager to capitalise on a solid foundation from last year. My goal marathon for spring...
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the long runs: third (tired) twenty
Time to queue up and execute the third twenty-miler of the long runs. You would think that having learned so much from last year’s experiments that I would have approached this weekend’s run with...
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speed check: go run 3:40
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you may have stumbled on my speed check runs from last year. The most adventurous of which was possibly the speed check marathon just...
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the long runs: second twenty
Last week’s foray back into the 20-mile zone of the long runs went well. It went very well; I could not have been happier about it. Since my school days, I have regularly used...
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the long runs: first twenty
It had not been a good week leading up to the next entry in the long runs series on Saturday morning. The chesty cough (I thought) that I started out on the 18-miler last...
Pandemic, pity, perspective
Looking back to the start of the year, my perspective on my training schedule. I started full of hope, eager to capitalise on a solid foundation from last year. My goal marathon for spring...
weekly summary: 16 Mar – 22 Mar
Getting to grips with new realities this week. Last week was a write-off. My goals gone due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I let my head drop. Not forgetting the bigger picture of course. There...
weekly summary: 09 Mar – 15 Mar
This week probably needs no introduction. Coronavirus and the resultant disease COVID-19 are sweeping across the globe. People are dying, countries and vast communities are encountering incredible illness at the hands of this pandemic....
weekly summary: 02 Mar – 08 Mar
Just shy of 53 miles for the week. I’m happy with that as per the new routine and mileage cap. The long run on Saturday was tough going as outlined in my blog post...
the long runs: third (tired) twenty
Time to queue up and execute the third twenty-miler of the long runs. You would think that having learned so much from last year’s experiments that I would have approached this weekend’s run with...
weekly summary: 24 Feb – 01 Mar
I seem to have hit a bit of a stride again – thankfully. Giving myself a chance to bounce back fully from winter illnesses and also taking the decision to back off on the weekly mileage...
speed check: go run 3:40
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you may have stumbled on my speed check runs from last year. The most adventurous of which was possibly the speed check marathon just...
weekly summary: 17 Feb – 23 Feb
When I said recently that I was revising my weekly mileage targets, I must have been distracted by the thoughts surrounding it this week! Seven days on the trot, one steady run with strides,...
the long runs: third eighteen
The long runs continued this week. Getting back on track with a prescribed week of training from the first draft of the schedule. I mentioned recently that I felt the need to tweak something...
weekly summary: 10 Feb – 16 Feb
Back in January, I planned this week as a 65+ miler. I commented in my long run review yesterday that I’ve been feeling recoveries a little difficult lately. I’m unsure of why. There have...
