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Long runs – What have they taught me?
Not a bad day for 32km This is only the second time that I’m training for a marathon but with an additional year of running under my belt and a full year of Crossfit, long runs are definitely easier...
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Marathon training – Week 10: Only 4 weeks to go!
Such was the weekend Yes, there are only 4 weeks until my first marathon of the year (and 8 weeks until my second and last one). I’m slightly surprised but very happy that I have gotten this far...
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Marathon training – Week 11: A new 10k race PB!!!
The weather this week has been AMAZING. Everything in London is in full bloom and running in shorts and t-shirts is so freaking nice. I started the week’s running with the long run on Wednesday as...
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Marathon training – Week 12: It’s the final count-down!
My 37km/23mile run on Wednesday was nice and mostly uneventful. My stomach started to ache a little bit towards the end of it and that means I need to be super super clean about my eating from now...
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Marathon training – Week 13: The legs are happy it’s taper time
Muddy run on Wednesday on Wimbledon Common Now let’s talk about something more fun than PND – my first marathon in 2014 is in 6 days! I’m cool, calm and collected. Kind of :) My calves and shins have...
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Paris Marathon nr.2 – Every race is a lesson of some kind…
My second Paris marathon got off to a decent start – the cold I felt like I was coming down with on Friday held off and I felt a bit better on Saturday, the alarm went off at the right time on Sunday...
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Marathon training: Week 2 of the 4 weeks in between
The week after Paris marathon I ran a total of 6.75km. I wasn’t sore but we stayed in Paris and walking around with kids every day was exhausting (and time-consuming) enough. Last week, however, was a...
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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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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...
View ArticleYasso 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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleTwo 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,...
View ArticleTraining 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...
View ArticleMilton 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...
View ArticleEvery 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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