I certainly chose a tough one for my debut half marathon! The Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon.
I woke up and looked outside at a torrent of sleet spitting down past my window. I could hear my sister whining something about not wanting to run. Breakfast was three weetabix with lots of sugar, a piece of toast […]
Archive for February, 2006
Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon
Published by February 27th, 2006 in London Marathon 2006 and Race Reports. 3 CommentsThis weekend we went on a brief 4-day trip to Finland to visit Nat’s friend Anna-Liisa. We arrived in Helsinki and it was -15 deg C with severe wind-chill on top… I decided straight away that there would be no outdoor running on this trip!
On Friday we drove to Anna-Lissa’s family summer house in a […]
My sister is also running the London Marathon in April. She initially signed up because we though I wouldn’t have the will power to do the training on my own! Well it turns out that I am a super motivated marathon trainee and I haven’t really needed any nagging to persuade me to get out […]
Three more days of Marathon Training
Published by February 14th, 2006 in London Marathon 2006. 0 CommentsI think this blog will be less tedious if I group a few training sessions into each post (rather than posting lots of unsubstantial daily entries). Here’s what I’ve been up to since the Hyde Park Relays…
On Sunday the weather was awful so I went to the gym for my first resistance training session in […]
Hyde Park Relays
Published by February 12th, 2006 in London Marathon 2006 and Race Reports. 1 CommentSorry for not updating Marathon Blog for so long… I’ve had rather an uneventful last couple of weeks. But all that changed yesterday… Hyde Park Relays!
It was the 58th annual Hyde Park Relays organised by my friend Gihan. It is a 6×5.164km relay race around the Serpentine. It is a massive event with teams entering […]
