They say that you learn a lot about yourself when training for and running a marathon. I am not sure who ‘they’ are but they weren’t wrong. Both of my parents have run marathons in the past. I had seen firsthand how a marathon can break someone down, how it brings out raw emotion, and how it will take you to the edge and then shove you right over. I was under no illusion about what could happen, but there were vests to chase and dreams to be realised, this was my time.
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Great South Run 2021
Ello ello, how are we all doing? Did you know I ran the Great South Run? I think I did a very good job of keeping it quiet 😉 First it was Greggsland a few weeks back and now it was time to tackle the Navy Capital of England!
Great North Run 2021
Are ya alreet, pet? If you are one of the unlucky ones who follows me on any kind of social media you may have seen I’ve been spamming A LOT about my run in GNR. I am not even sorry either. What went down in Greggsland was pure belta.
Track Season 2021
The TL;DR on the ‘Lockdown Marathon’ is my coach gave me a… talking to… and thus it was “shit canned” (Rikki James). So the only way to make up for this is to update you extensively on my track season this year. You may celebrate.
Weekly Recap #9 – 12/01/2020
Right you lot, I’m about to make your weekend even better. I am going to give you the gift of my blog post. I know it’s okay, I can feel how grateful you are for it from here and I understand fully. Sometimes I wish I was you. I want to experience what you do when a new post is out
Weekly Recap #7 – 29/12/2019
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion.” Arnold Schwarzenegger So, how was your Christmas? I hope your family didn’t trigger you too badly! It’s currently that odd time of year between Christmas and New Year. You’reContinue reading “Weekly Recap #7 – 29/12/2019”
Weekly Recap #6 – 22/12/2019
h, hello there. Fancy meeting you in a place like this? Do you come here often? Well you bloody well should! It’s time to round up the week 🙂
Aerobic Training
Anyone looking to succeed in middle or long-distance races needs to work their aerobic system hard. Why? Because a 5K race is metabolically around 90% aerobic whilst a marathon is about 99%! Now my lovely, whilst these numbers look exciting just knowing them isn’t gonna cut the mustard. All will be explained on how to capitalise.
Weekly Recap #3 – 24/11/2019
I’m back now from Budapest all rested up and ready to crush my next training block. Oh, I had a lovely trip thank you for asking 😘
Weekly Recap #2 – 17/11/2019
I’m about to thrust loads of my pictures upon you. If you really don’t care I understand. I did a sublime piece on marathoning earlier in the week which I recommend you take a gander at if that’s the case 🙂
Trusting The Process 