Final two months of a long race year In the first 10 months of the year, if you include parkruns (which I’d ran at race pace), I’d ran 48 races. That’s over one per week! They’d been of varying distance and terrain, which had really helped me stay ‘sharp’ for the big events. I’m not […]
Recap… In my 2022 review parts one (here) and two (here), I’d took you through my gradual progression in the first half of the year – getting stronger, fitter and increasing my endurance levels. In May, I’d belted out a couple of trail races, ran a 10km PB, survived a very testing long training weekend […]
Recap from part one… In my last post here, I told you how 2021 had gone and of my fitness levels entering the new year. I had a few major mazza’s lined up, some time-related targets, I’d joined a running club (Blackburn Road Runners) – most of all I wanted to get more miles in […]
End of the 2022 road running season For many people the autumn big races see the end of their running ‘season’ (if such a thing really exists for non-elite runners…). Whilst we all have a few November and December races lined up, the winter is all about getting a good block of tough training in […]
Hi Niece! It’s a solemn affair, lining up at the start of a race when you’ve properly tapered according to ‘the book’…no excuses to hide behind if you have a disappointing run. This was supposed to be our real life trial of consecutive week 10k and half-Marathon races to see if it’s really feasible to […]
Hi Niece 😀 You know how people always seem to start races with all their excuses for why they aren’t going to be very good today? Well Uncle Planman and me were trotting along on the ‘easy 2 miles’ start of a ‘hard long run’ today chatting about Paris and I said I thought our […]
Hi Niece They bill this one as DUNE, the Cross Border Half Marathon (no passport required – yet!) and there’s no sand in sight. The name is because it goes to Dundalk (DU) in the south of Ireland from Newry (NE) in the north. It’s always a bit chancy entering races in early February…and sure […]
If my race at Jedburgh Three Peaks Ultra was a shite run, it was to precede a shite week! Conversely there was an interlude to all this shite! The Antonine Trail Half Marathon is one of my favourite races – its muddy, its hilly, has a fantastic race team and it takes place on my […]
Sh*t. That’s not exactly the first word I had in mind for my first blog post on The Run Bible, but believe me when I say it’s the first word that leaped into my head when I hit the submit button on the website of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival’s half marathon application page! Writing for […]
Away we go Another weekend, another country, another away day and another race – Semi Marathon du Bois de Vincennes; and another new blog. My first here on The Run Bible. We’re still pre-launch as I write, and whilst a little momentum is gathering via social media channels, the decision had been made by Dan […]