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Halfway from tortoise to hare

After I ran Paris and Milton Keynes marathons last year and then decided to take a break from that distance, I thought come next spring I would struggle seeing everyone else train for their marathons....

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London Marathon made me so emotional and I didn’t even run it!

Yesterday morning I went to the city to watch the London Marathon. I was so glad I wasn’t running it, after 3 of them I still remember very, VERY clearly what a bloody long way a marathon is. As I...

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Yasso 800s. Say what?

I used to hate them, now I love them. No, not hill repeats, I still hate those, I’m talking about intervals. For a couple of years I have been doing one intervals session a week, usually 5 x 1km with a...

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I have just turned this year’s training upside down

I don’t like suspense so here it goes: I’ve signed up for a September marathon. I have not run a marathon in 3 years. Mostly because I’m really loving Crossfit, and you can’t really go at max effort at...

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The art of being average

I don’t know how to start this in a deep and meaningful way so I’m just going to jump in (NOT, by the way, the method I use for getting into cold water ;). I’ve started to run a bit more again and...

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I ran a marathon and I liked it

There’s more than one way to measure a marathon. Of course the distance is always the same, but the experience, the lessons learned, the number of dark thoughts crushed as the miles go by but the end...

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Two words every marathon runner wants to hear: Fast & Flat (review of Tallinn...

Summary: Running is serious business in Northern Europe so if you’re looking for a fun marathon where people wear costumes and the streets are lined with spectators holding signs with marathon-humour,...

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Training for a marathon with the 3-runs-a-week Run Less Run Faster plan

Next week is the week. If you’re a runner and live in the UK you KNOW what week. The week London Marathon ballot results are announced! I’m getting ready for my 6th “Sorry, you’re a loser” magazine in...

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Milton Keynes marathon – what happened and what will happen next

Yesterday morning we made it to Milton Keynes, we even finally made it into the marathon VIP parking lot after sitting in the traffic jam at its entrance for half an hour. I went to the bathroom, put...

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Every time you disrespect the marathon, a running fairy gets diarrhea

It seems like everyone is running marathons these days. That’s not true of course as only about 1% of the population ever runs a marathon but when you’re surrounded by runners in real life and in the...

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