by Neil | Jan 5, 2014 | Blog, Marathon
And that is the difficult festive season done! Definitely feel like I’m in the training groove right now. My weekly miles went up to nearly 30 which is the furthest in a very long time and I ran on 6 consecutive days which I don’t think I have ever done...
by Neil | Dec 30, 2013 | Blog, Marathon
Training at this time of year is a bit weird. It plays on my mind on the run up to it, like it’s some sort of big hassle to get through what with all the eating, drinking and being merry. Once it comes around though it’s never really like that at least for...
by Neil | Dec 22, 2013 | Blog, Marathon
I love having friends that do things that seriously impress and inspire you. I have some that build their own houses, some that volunteer their time to be a mentor to school children and some that just throw their arm in at anything and always try to be the best at...
by Neil | Dec 15, 2013 | Blog, Marathon
Most of my training is heart rate based which means I should aim to stay under a particular heart rate. I love this type of training because it’s effective and really easy to measure your progress. This week I discovered a bit of a flaw in it though. A lot of...
by Neil | Dec 8, 2013 | Blog, Marathon
Training is pretty easy isn’t it, all you have to do is following the plan, right? It’s not like it’s particularly difficult getting out and doing a run is it. Not when you love running running and riding your bike, and when you kind of secretly...
by Neil | Dec 1, 2013 | Blog, Marathon
Feels weird writing a week 1 post again. I thought I’d just use this blog for the Ironman and be done with it, but there is something, maybe it’s something about me, that makes me want to write down what I’ve done. I hope this isn’t showing...
