marathon

The Winter Cross Training Concept

December 30, 2011
The Winter Cross Training Concept

The Hal Higdon marathon plan includes one day of cross training every week. My fear of recurrent plantar fasciitis pain has made me determined to include at least one (preferably two) days of non-running activity in my weekly schedule for injury proofing purposes. Settling on the cross training activity of choice has been a little [...]

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Cheated by my iPhone app, long runs and doughnut eating

November 9, 2011
Cheated by my iPhone app, long runs and doughnut eating

I was grateful for the Audiofuel app this evening. I’d geared up, taken myself outside into the late night drizzle only to hear the dying beep of a flat Forerunner. Thank goodness for the new app – I flicked to the pyramid interval session and set off for my hilly loops. I was still pleased [...]

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Personlised FIRST Training Schedules – A Marathon in 3 days a Week

October 28, 2010
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Crossing the line at the end of the Great North run I felt elated, 10 mins later I was sick and feverish. Any fitness I had in September disappeared over the next 5 weeks as I feebly battled a chest infection. Now that I’ve more or less cleared my chest and started venturing back onto [...]

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A Day for Heroes

April 21, 2010
A Day for Heroes

Last year Phil Packer took 14 days to drag himself around the London marathon route. That’s a slow time but coming only 13 months after being paralysed while on active duty in Basra it’s an immense achievement and the best way to respond to the pronouncement “you’ll never walk again”. While I’m tucked away under [...]

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Running Festival and Marathon Mag Giveaway

January 26, 2010
Running Festival and Marathon Mag Giveaway

Two mile runs seem to be the new black (@JogBlog) and my latest spree of treadmill couplets must make me positively gothic. I’ve slipped to beginner runner status again but I’m gradually pulling back and feel happy to be putting in some mileage even if its slow and single figured. The ballot results for the [...]

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