On the way back

31 Mar 202131 Mar 2021

It's just over a year since I last posted on here. Lockdown had just begun and the races I had planned were all cancelled. Because of this my running suffered…

Stay safe everyone.

23 Mar 2020

With all races cancelled or postponed I have no 'Target ' so I will scale back the training a little and just keep up some maintenance mileage, just 40.8 miles…

Plan ‘A’ week 4 of 10.

15 Mar 2020

Well week 4 was going well until Thursday, when I received an email to say the Madrid marathon had been postponed until November 15th. So I am now moving into…

Plan ‘A’ week 3 of 10

9 Mar 202010 Mar 2020

45 miles done and dusted and although it was a fairly good week of training, I was feeling tired at the end of it. I feel I may be, once…

Plan ‘A’, week 2 of 10.

2 Mar 20202 Mar 2020

I am still managing to stick to the plan, 42 miles this week, and feeling quite good. I was unable to do a parkrun as planned due to flooding at…

Plan ‘A’, week 1 of 10.

23 Feb 2020

A good weeks training in the bag, 46 miles and feeling good. Mon. 5 miles easy @ 9:01min/mile Tue. 7.5 miles steady @ 8:09min/mile Wed.(a.m.) 3.5 miles easy @ 9:00min/mile  (p.m.)…

And now for the ‘Plan’

16 Feb 2020

Today finishes off a 7 week block of training at 40 miles per week, basically just running 'as I feel' to build up a solid base to start a 10…

Turning a corner.

19 Jan 2020

Starting to feel like a runner again. Just had two really good weeks of training, 36 miles last week and 42 miles this week, feeling a lot stronger and moving…

Back to basics.

5 Jan 2020

After my failure at the Ramsgate Ultra I had a very easy December, 20 rest days and 11 running days, most of those runs were 1 or 2 miles, all…

Super steady week.

9 Dec 2019

I have stuck with short steady runs this week plus a parkrun. Just 8.5 miles total , but I am feeling a lot fresher. This week will be very little…