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Manchester Marathon – Trying to take the positives.

When the news came through that Manchester Marathon had decided to postpone the event I was truly gutted. The final parts of my training had all gone well and I was feeling on target to achieve the goals that I had set for myself. One of my 20 mile training runs had only been 3Continue reading “Manchester Marathon – Trying to take the positives.”

Gloucester 20

I was supposed to be running the Ashby 20 on this date but after they decided to cancel due to the Coronavirus I took a quick decision to enter this race so I that I would still be able to get in a 20 miler before Manchester. Unfortunately a few hours later Manchester also decidedContinue reading “Gloucester 20”

Manchester Training – Part 2

The next part of my training was an easier week with a smaller mileage. This was aimed at giving my body a bit of time to recover from the mileage that I had been asking it to do and get it ready for the bigger mileage to come. I ended the week with one ofContinue reading “Manchester Training – Part 2”

Manchester Training Begins

After the disappointment of not getting a place at the London Marathon for 2020 I decided to look for another. The winter training that I did last year in preparation for the marathon had led to me having a really good year so I wanted to see if another training block like it could helpContinue reading “Manchester Training Begins”

The story so far

As I have said in my blurb on the front page of my site my first proper run was a parkrun in April 2017. Before then I had run round the streets a few times and obviously the enforced running we all had to do at school. My first parkrun went ok even if IContinue reading “The story so far”