London Marathon

…And a follow up article.

As mentioned in my last post, a friend of mine publishes our local magazine “Tickhill Today“. I wrote a follow up to the article from last month, that will appear in the next issue, and have published it here too. … Continue reading →

A small feature…

A friend of mine publishes our local magazine “Tickhill Today” and very kindly offered to put a little feature in about my running the London Marathon as a fund raiser for JDRF. I didn’t want to share this until after … Continue reading →

London Marathon

Well I did it… Just! I managed to get round in just over 5 and a half hours – five hours 40 minutes to be precise! At about 21 miles, the legs gave up, so the last 5 or so … Continue reading →

Better news!

I’ve seen a physio this afternoon whose given me the once over! Apparently, I’ve got a combination of issues with my leg – It’s never straightforward is it…? Some soft tissue damage in the calf and some nerve irritation caused … Continue reading →

Not good news…

The legs gone again! My left calf to be specific. I did something to it the day I did my 20 mile run but that was three weeks ago and I thought I’d rested enough. With one week to go … Continue reading →

There’s goals and there’s goals

I promised in a previous post that I would go public on a time goal for completing the marathon. I have often read about people saying they “just want to finish” thinking that they must have a time goal in … Continue reading →

The more I run, the more I like cycling

Less than a month until the London Marathon, four weeks to be precise. Over the last month, I have been steadily increasing the length of my Sunday monring runs, building up my stamina as well as working out what I’ll … Continue reading →

A tale of two Sundays

Last Sunday, I ran my first Half Marathon. It wasn’t an organised race, simply me getting up early in the morning and going for my longest training run to date. I hadn’t set off with the intention of running 13.1 … Continue reading →

Trying to be a runner…

The London Marathon is on Sunday 21st April 2013. So, 14 weeks to go…. That’s over 3 months. When put like that it sounds like a long time. Since the New Year, I’ve been increasing the amount of running and … Continue reading →

12 IronMan’s a month for 12 months – DONE!

It’s that quiet time between Christmas and New Year. At this time of year, you often find the TV & newspapers (or news websites – that’s how I get my news these days) reflecting on the last 12 months. In … Continue reading →