The start of the Hastings Half Marathon was easily my most disastrous start yet! Our train to Hastings was supposed to get in 45 minutes before the race… of course it was delayed, leaving us less than 25. There were absolutely no sign posts and few marshals around to get directions from. We found the […]
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Hastings Half Marathon
Published by March 14th, 2006 in London Marathon 2006 and Race Reports. 9 CommentsOn Tuesday I was good and used the bike instead of going for a run… hopefully that would give my blisters a chance to finally heal. I did an hour on random resistance mode and went about 28km.
On Wednesday, I felt like doing a good run. It was pouring outside so I jumped on the […]
The Hastings Half Marathon… this weekend!
Published by March 7th, 2006 in London Marathon 2006. 1 CommentIn a moment of madness, I just signed up for another half marathon… the Hastings Half Marathon which takes place this weekend! Apparently it has been voted the no.1 half marathon in the country. It is much bigger than the Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon, with an expected field of around 4000 runners.
Hastings has one huge […]
I won the IC Marrow Fun Run! It was an 8km run in Hyde Park (route map) in aid of the Anthony Nolan bone marrow trust. I guess around 400 runners turned up.
I had my normal pre-race breakfast of 3 weetabix (with lots of sugar) and plenty of water. The race started at about 11:15 […]
The ache from the T. Wells Half Marathon lasted 2 days! On Monday I could hardly move. For some reason I thought that going for a very gentle jog might help. At first it was a bit of a hobble but I stopped regularly to stretch and my legs gradually loosened up. I ran for […]
