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Stories from a life still in progress
One Tough London Marathon Training Week There are weeks in marathon training when everything clicks. And then there are weeks like this one — when everything clicks, you hit your targets, and your body very politely tells you it has had quite enough, thank you. …
Another Misogi Building Block It was a solid week of training as I think about my misogi challenge in New York on 2 November this year. The week saw me clock 427 on the Training Stress Score on TrainingPeaks, versus a target of 415. This …
23 Weeks To Go Misogi minus 23 weeks. The hard work starts here. I have done the holiday in New Orleans and rested up on Miami Beach and got over the jet lag. So now it’s time. I have nailed together a 12 week half-marathon …
A Marathon Not A Sprint April has seen me build up my running volume as I think about the startline in New York for the marathon, now six months away. I know many of you are thinking I have more than enough time, and it …
Misogi Prep – Digging In It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I’m digging in to the training and preparation for my New York Marathon misogi, 33 weeks from today. It was a slightly dispiriting January, as winter flu dragged on for a month. The …
That Didn’t Last Long It’s marathon training plan time. Unfortunately, my best-developed plan has been torched before I’ve even run a step. I went into my Girona cycling trip with my TrainingPeaks plan informing me that I am 30% fitter than last year. Then, the …
No f@£$%^g way am I doing that. Well, guess what, I am. I got the news last Friday that an entry into the 2024 New York Marathon was mine. Thank you to Dan and Sam at Science in Sport. Logically, there is no way I …