by Neil | Apr 6, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
Been a bit slack on the blog lately, I tried to write a few times but every time I loaded up the site I was just lacking inspiration. I guess there are only so many times you can say ‘the training is going pretty well but I’m quite tired’! Today we...
by Neil | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce….. Last week I was in the middle of getting a little grumpy about the training. The end felt a long way away and I was suffering a little from a lack of mojo. I was also feeling a little on the tired side from Silverstone. It all...
by Neil | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
Warning. There are no graphs in this post. I’m sorry/you are welcome. Right now is a difficult part of my training. On the whole it’s gone way better than I could have predicted, but that doesn’t stop me from going through an annoying cycle of: I...
by Neil | Feb 16, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
There comes a point in every marathon training plan where, and I don’t think it matters how much you run, you come to the business end. If you are anything like me it sort of hangs over you for a couple of days and sits in your mind. You know something is about...
by Neil | Feb 2, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
On the face of it it’s been a pretty good week, I’ve done all the training. It’s been tough though. I’m finding it increasingly difficult to wake up, get out and do my run before work. It becomes a vicious circle though because the more time...
by Neil | Jan 26, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
The good this week: Completed all my sessions (except the optional swim one I had today) Dealt with some very wet and windy runs Ran the furthest I’ve ever run in a week Eaten a lot. The bad: Got very wet Questioned if I can actually do this Almost got run over...
