Faster, Stronger, Longer. Longer.
Stories from a life still in progress
The Start Line When the cannon fired on Staten Island, I felt calm. That surprised me. Coming back from serious injuries, the months of training, the self-doubt all melted into one thought: just run your race. Remember, average is good. Ahead of me I could …
900 KMS NYC Marathon minus two weeks. I’m at the business end of my running adventure now. I’ve run 900 kms in training now, far enough to have left my front door, turned east and started running like Forrest Gump, and running through Calais, then …
I recently appeared on a podcast hosted by Coach Parry, a world-class coach who specialises in training over-50s runners. We discussed my training leading up to the New York Marathon. If you’re an older runner – and that can be any age from 50 onwards …
Enough Already New York Marathon – six weeks away. It’s been far too long coming. Tomorrow will see me go past the 800 kilometre training mark. I’ve plodded—and I mean plodded—through a 5km training plan, then 10km plan, then half-marathon plan, and I’m now on …
8 Weeks to the New York Marathon Eight weeks from today, I’ll be crossing the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge out of Staten Island, headed for Manhattan. The New York Marathon will be my first marathon. My first at age 68. And one that’s been a long time …
Gently Raging While Running In November 2023, I sat at the finish line of the New York Marathon—not as a runner, but as a witness. Six months earlier, I’d had my first serious cycling accident. Recovery was slow, and it was tough. But the process …
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 …
Self-Doubt Rules It’s twenty weeks before my Run Moony Run attempt on the New York Marathon. According to the official site, 140 days and a few hours to go. I’m half anxious and half depressed about the venture. It’s only eight weeks since I did …