Category Archives: Half Marathon Training
The Great West Run Part Three.
The runs I have done since VLM, have been just that, runs, not races I like to refer to them as events, more challenges to my mind and body. Today however was a race. The third time of doing The Great … Continue reading
No Words
Yep that’s right, I have no words, or almost no words. Except to say… The sun rise was beaut Comfort break part one resulted in both bum cheeks being stung by a nettle Everyone went past me Signage was brilliant … Continue reading
Its all about the pace
My success with VLM this year (by success I mean I enjoyed the marathon, avoided the wall and got to the end without hating everystep!) came about largely to me controlling the pace. With the GWR (Great West Run) looming … Continue reading
More Moor
Two weeks ago I ran on Dartmoor, yesterday I ran on Exmoor, this time a half marathon. If you have 1 minute 30 seconds free click here to check out some of the route. I was under no illusions, I … Continue reading
Long Run with a difference
Every time I have trained for marathons and half marathons, the long runs have been, long slow runs. Just go out plod and get the miles in. I have spent hours lately, reading magazine articles, perusing training plans on the web, scanning … Continue reading
Doynton Hard Half Marathon-Part Two
Why did I enter a half marathon with the word ‘hard’ in the title? This question popped in to my head frequently during yesterdays run. The reasons were as follows.. I wanted to do a trail half, never done one … Continue reading
Doynton Hard Half Marathon-Part One
Sunday I am doing the above run. The organizers keep calling it a race, for me its a run. I usually would not fret about a trail run. This one is different. Already I am fretting. Why the worry? The … Continue reading
Great West Run part two
Today was the Great West Run which like the Great North Run is a half marathon, but unlike the GNR it is in the West! The plan was to learn from my mistakes done at Cardiff (starting too fast) It … Continue reading
Analysis and moving forward
A week has gone by since Cardiff and as you can imagine, I have spent a huge amount of time (two-hour drive to Falmouth helped this) going over what happened at Cardiff and how to improve the next half marathon … Continue reading
Cardiff Half Marathon Part Three Done
For those of you living in Outer Mongolia, the Rugby World Cup is currently taking place. The Welsh love their rugby and I love what they have built in to Cardiff Castle wall, how neat is that. Anyway Saturday … Continue reading
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