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This week has been a hell of a lot easier on the head than last week was. It goes to show that starting is often the hardest part. Well starting and peak week probably. This week was some short runs, all the same length that made me a bit happy for no really good reason... Continue Reading →
I haven’t trained for a new distance since 2018 and even though I previously wrote a post entitled ‘why I’ll probably never run a marathon,’ I’m doing it! So whoever had age 38 in the family pool your odds are looking pretty good right about now. Of course anything can happen between now and October,... Continue Reading →
You guys… It’s happening… Week one of my first marathon training cycle is behind me! Yes it is by definition physically the easiest week but mentally the first week can be a doozy. At least it was for me. You can read all about the minutia of that in this Sunday’s post as well as... Continue Reading →
You might be thinking my watch does that for me right? Well no it doesn’t really and I don’t think the notes section on your watch has enough space for that. One thing I used to do on here in the before times is write training updates. The reasons I started doing that is because... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately even if we take our training super seriously we still have to live our lives and that means sometimes we do things that make us hurt ourselves. That’s the boat I’m in at the moment. I’m not really sure how it happened but it has again. I’d say once a year or so I... Continue Reading →
Runners are a different sort of folk. We all do certain things we’d rather not admit to but I’m pulling back the veil of secrecy today and spilling the tea! We might even tell you we don’t do these things but guess what we do. So if you’re a runner and you’ve always felt a... Continue Reading →
Guess what you guys I signed up to run the Boston Virtual Marathon this October. It will be my first marathon which is something I made a lot of good arguments against in the past. But... who ever had 38 in the family pool you win the bet. Which is to say this moment has... Continue Reading →
SPRING, summer and FALL are the seasons made for running and outdoor training in general. As such we’re all coming up on our busiest running months of the year. Yeah!!! At least hopefully we are! It’s a good idea no matter what your plans are to prepare in advance both so that you will be... Continue Reading →
I challenge you to run past a beach without taking a turn and actually running on the sand. I live in an area with 10 separate beaches and 8 of them are on routes I regularly run. Most of them are very small but a couple are getting on to half a km or more.... Continue Reading →
Last year my running motivation really suffered. I’m planning not for that to happen again this year. It’s still too early to say whether any of us will be running fall races this year but we’re all hoping right? Even if we are racing this year training season is a long way off still. It’s... Continue Reading →
Sweat Sweetly 