8 Days To Go Until London – Training Update
admin Today, I did my last ‘big’ run of my training. It was ‘only’ ten miles, and it was just another easy afternoon jog. Imagine that. I remember talking to my…
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10 Day London Marathon Countdown
I thought to try and give the sponsorship one last push, I’d do a ten-day countdown to London. It feels incomprehensible that I’ll be running it in ten days. When…
12 Days To Go Until The London Marathon
12 days stand between me and what will most likely be the single biggest achievement of my life. I don’t think that’s hyperbole. I never imagined I’d run 26.2 miles…
21 Days To Go: The City of Lincoln 10k
There’s something magical about race day. You can train on your own, map out routes, lace up in the pouring rain or baking sun, and do everything by the book,…
Bringing Back The 30-Day Song Challenge
Once upon a time, I remember when Facebook was cool. Showing my age? Yes, probably, but 15 years ago, there was a thing called the 30-Day Song Challenge that did…
Visiting Eyam, The Plague Village
Tucked away in the heart of Derbyshire’s Peak District, the picturesque village of Eyam might look like your typical charming English village, with its stone cottages, rolling green hills, and…
56 Days To Go – Scunthorpe Half Marathon
I never thought I’d run a half marathon. I remember Dayle Rowson running one a year or so ago, and I just felt it wasn’t for me. Ten kilometres? Sure,…
138 Days To Go – Do I Want It, Or Do I Need It?
I figure it’s time for another ‘proper’ update, as promised, on my journey towards London 2025. This weekend, I think I encountered my first serious mental roadblock. What you want…
London Marathon Training – 153 Days To Go
It’s not even been a week since it was announced I will be running the London Marathon for the Lincoln City Foundation, but it’s been busy. Without so much as…
Friday Night In Cologne
Okay, it’s not actually just Friday in Cologne, but more often than not, if ‘we’ have something planned longer than a single night, it peaks on the first night. We…