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Category Archives: marathon
Mont Saint Michel Marathon Review
The Mont Saint Michel marathon runs along the north coast of France, starting in Brittany and finishing in Normandy. The French marathon experience was similar to running a marathon in the UK and the route, which was primarily on roads … Continue reading
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Tagged Blisters, Cancale, French marathons, marathon running, Mont Saint Michel;, Pontorson, running abroad
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Tips for before, during and after running a marathon
I had the weirdest dream last night that I was running the Mont Saint Michel marathon and in my dream, when I got to mile 20 I for some reason stopped went into a house and cooked some mushrooms, then … Continue reading
365 days of running
Over a year since my last blog post and again, better late than never right? Looking back on 2018 it was a great year in many ways and it has to be said that one of my highlights was successfully … Continue reading
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Tagged 365 days of running, marathon training, running
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Returning to running
Now that we’ve reached July I have started my three month marathon training plan for the Chester Marathon on the 2nd October. Although I never really stopped running, after the Snowdonia marathon last October I haven’t been doing park run … Continue reading
Snowdonia Marathon 2015
A couple of weeks ago on a wet October weekend I headed to Snowdonia to begin my third marathon. It truly was a wet Autumnal day and after an hour journey from my parents house to Llanberis it was safe … Continue reading
Two days until Snowdonia Marathon
I have just finished my latest running playlist titled ‘The Hills’. My bag is packed and tomorrow I will be driving home to my parents house ready to carb load before heading to Snowdonia on Saturday morning for the main … Continue reading
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Tagged mental marathon, mental preperation, Snowdonia Marathon, training
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Two weeks until Snowdonia
I am now two weeks away from the Snowdonia Marathon on the 24th October. Exactly two weeks today it will all be over. I’m feeling fairly confident about it after a successful 17 mile run last weekend and once I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Macclesfield Half Marathon, Snowdonia Marathon, training, two weeks to go
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Snowdonia Marathon Training
With Snowdonia Marathon only six weeks away I definitely need to get my arse back into running gear, literally. Since completing the London 100 I started to think about the next challenge almost straightaway thinking I could have a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn marathons, marathon training, Snowdonia Marathon training
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London Marathon 2015
So it’s almost 24 hours since I started the Virgin Money London Marathon (it’s taken my a while to find the time to finish this post) and I still can’t quite believe that it’s all over in a time of … Continue reading
Day before the marathon
With one sleep to go before the marathon I am feeling ready. Final touches to my iPod, laying my clothes out, carbs cooking there’s not much left to do other than wait for the start. I went to the Excel … Continue reading
Life of an ex-student 