Two years ago, I wrote but never published a post entitled "Things I hate about the London Marathon". I decided against posting it because I didn't want to piss on the parade of those who had found it a highlight of their racing calendar. Some of my vitriol, however, did seep into a Facebook post … Continue reading Hamburg Marathon 2025
This seems to have come around awfully quickly. It seems only yesterday I was entering the Hamburg Marathon in a fit of pique, my hopes of a decent performance at Yorkshire ripped to shreds along with my left calf. In my last post I was approaching the spiritual anniversary of my calf tear (the day … Continue reading Ten Days To Go
This will be one of those boring posts where everything is, for now anyway, going okay. Why is it that I find it so much easier to write about my running (or anything else) when it is all going wrong? I'd try to find something funny to say about the 2025 Brighton Half Marathon but … Continue reading One of those boring posts
Wednesday was supposed to be a big day: my debut pacing at an actual race - the Chase the Moon at the Olympic Park . It had taken me some time to get a 70 minute slot, having had to cancel in October after I tore my calf and then finding all the slots taken … Continue reading Give It Some Welly
Continuing my calamitous week, today I decided to go to a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) class at my gym. I like HIIT, it is tough but uncomplicated and involves doing the same thing over and over to the point of collapse, then a short recovery, then doing another thing over and over again. The … Continue reading Accidental Step Class
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Better at writing than at running
Better at writing than at running
Better at writing than at running
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