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Marathon Training starts here!
Signed up for your first marathon? Or looking to beat your previous best marathon time? This workshop will give you the tools you need to maximise your training time, minimise the risk of injury and prepare you for your 26.2 mile journey in the best possible way. Master the Marathon Workshop, Sunday 24th November, 2013 - Eastbourne […]
RUNNING WORKSHOP Sunday 17th October
I am taking bookings for my next running workshop - from 10-5 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Sunday 17th October. We’ll be looking at running technique (with video analysis) and how to improve it with drills and exercises, we’ll work on building running-specific strength and stability and we’ll cover warming up, cooling down […]
Back in the race
I crossed my first finish line in over three months on Friday – placing first female vet in the Rye Summer Series 5km. It was a long way off my PB, but this was one race that was all about the taking part. Not only because it was my first, somewhat tentative, outing since my […]
Marathon wisdom part 7: stay true to your taper
If you are running the London Marathon you should be well in to your tapering period now. But I fear many aspiring marathoners are not. I did Paddock Wood Half Marathon yesterday (a new PB! 1.32.07) and heard many runners chatting about how they were doing London in two weeks’ time, including the guy who […]
My fastest 10km
More evidence that getting older needn’t mean getting slower (this is getting to be something of an obsession!) – I achieved a new 10km PB on Sunday, running the friendly and well-marshalled Meridian 10km in Greenwich Park. The conditions were perfect – cold and clear – but even Cambridge Harriers’ superb organisational skills couldn’t remove that long […]