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My treatise on 'Why I run' having smashed my personal best (2:38:44) at the 2023 Manchester Marathon.

My race report for the 2022 Chicago Marathon which I completed in 2:59:56.

I have not written a race report in a while on the basis that until a few months ago I had not run a race in a while. I had been training for the 2020 Manchester marathon, and then Covid happened. Covid was rough, but (as is becoming somewhat standard

I wrote a pre race report for the first time. That is probably worthwhile prerequisite material. This was the first time I have written a pre race report because I took this one really quite seriously. In advance of the race I had a think about why I wanted to

History suggests that I am quite good at racing marathons. I have run 2 marathons (what I would deem) 'properly' - Berlin 2016, and Boston 2018, and both times I have run faster than my training might have suggested. For Berlin I did Pfitzinger 18/70. I got

I did not start the 2018 Chicago marathon. Instead I deferred my entry. This blog explains why and outlines my running plans going forward.

I knew whilst training for the Boston Marathon that I also had an entry into the London Marathon. Boston (being Boston) was my goal race. That said, (me being me) I knew that if I hit my goal (sub 3) in Boston then I would almost certainly run London too.

I wrote a separate post about my trip to New York (more generally). Race details The New York City Marathon was held on the 9th November 2017 in New York, New York. It was my third marathon, and I finished it in 3:28:58. More information about the race

In 2015 I ran the Chester Metric Marathon. After completing the race someone mentioned that if I trained properly I could be a good runner. Running a marathon had crossed my mind at numerous points over the previous years, and as such I decided that I would train and try