Recovery is so important. Often, when people start training, they underestimate the importance of recovery. This leads to overtraining without giving your body time to rebuild and recover. After running over 100 marathons, I am aware of how my body responds and recovers, which is important to note because all our bodies are different. There … More How to recover from a marathon
It was a pleasure to run the Prague Marathon on 7th May 2023. I had originally been booked to run Prague Marathon 2020, and this is the last of my cancelled events, I have finally caught up. Prague Marathon comes at the end of a crazy streak of Marathon running, as I have run 15 … More Prague Marathon 2023
On 12th February 2023 I took part in the Penguin Plod Marathon. It was my 3rd marathon of the year, as I am working towards 26 marathons in 52 weeks to raise money for Cancer Research. I’m proud to have ran my 118th marathon plus distance, and today’s run followed my marathon yesterday, Monkey Marathon. … More Penguin Plod Marathon
On 5th February 2023 I was pleased to return to Watford to take part in the Watford Half Marathon for the 4th time. It was in 2020 when I last ran Watford Half (check out review here), just before the world was thrown into chaos with covid, back when things seemed so simple. Returning to … More Watford Half Marathon 2023
My count down to New Year started early on the tow path at Walton-on-Thames. On the 30th December 2022 I decided there was room for one more marathon. I needed to get my counting practice and the 8 laps certainly helped. I started the year having completed 97 marathons or more. With this final marathon, … More Zico-thon Marathon
Chicago Marathon has been a long time coming. I had a place for 2020 which was cancelled because of covid. I then got a place for 2021, which I had assumed would have been fine, but the control measures and restrictions on flights meant that the marathon went ahead, although we were unable to fly … More Chicago Marathon 2022
The Official Big Half Marathon is the London Marathon Events warm up event for London Marathon. In its 5th edition, I am pleased to have taken part in every Big Half Marathon since the inaugural event. After today I can truly say I have experienced all aspects of the event, having paced towards the front … More Big Half Marathon 2022
On the 5th December 2021 I took part in the Golden Key Marathon. This is one of the Phoenix Running Events I like to take part in for my training runs. I only entered earlier this week, as I was not sure which event I was going to complete, but I had to enter one … More Golden Key Marathon
On 11th September 2021 I took part in the Kew Gardens 10k. I have been fortunate enough to run Kew Gardens during covid secure times (Kew Gardens 10k 2020 review HERE), and also during pre-covid times (Kew Gardens 10k 2019 review HERE). The event organisers have done a great job this year, managing to take … More Kew Gardens 10k 2021
Running events are back. On 3rd April 2021 I took part in my first event of the year. It feels so strange, considering I got to the point of running around 30 events a year. I have to admit, I’ve missed running races, and it was great to be back at the start line. There … More Kempton Park Half Marathon
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