This morning I opened my calendar and stared at the 22 for a very long time. I couldn’t quite believe it… there is now exactly one month until the 2007 London Marathon. That’s a sobering thought.
I’ve come a long way in the two weeks since I started my training binge. Hastings left me incapacitated for […]
Archive for March, 2007
One month to go. Time to get serious.
Published by March 22nd, 2007 in London Marathon 2007. 0 CommentsHastings Half Marathon 2007
Published by March 14th, 2007 in London Marathon 2007 and Race Reports. 0 CommentsI went into the Hastings Half Marathon having done a total of three 7-8km training runs over five days; around Hyde Park on Tuesday and home from work on Wednesday and Friday. My preparation on Saturday involved eating pasta and rice all day… at least I could do that properly!
At 8.40am on Sunday morning, my […]
I finally managed to drag myself outside for my first run of 2007. It wasn’t pretty but it wasn’t as bad as I had feared either. I ran the perimeter of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park after work. It is about 7km and I managed to do it without stopping… I kept up a reasonable […]
I thought that getting ready for the marathon next month would be a big enough challenge… but I have managed to outdo myself. Somehow, my brother has persuaded me to sign up for the Hastings Half Marathon… in 6 days time! And I still haven’t been for a run in the last 6 months. My […]
Yes it’s true… I’m running the London Marathon again this year and yes, Marathon Blog is back!
It all started with an innocuous phone call in early September… “would you like to run the marathon for DSWF again?” What a brilliant idea I thought… it was the first week of my new job and this would […]
