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I feel that I could reasonably post the above video and leave it at that. I have a penchant to make untrue claims about the length of time I have had a goal. When I got into the Boston Marathon I made a point of how it had been a

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.

On 16th April 2018 I ran the 122nd Boston Marathon in 2:58:18. Not a personal best but definitely, secretly, really a personal best given the race conditions/my condition. Training I did Hal Higdon's Advanced 2 plan (again). I had used this for my first marathon

On 11th February 2018 I ran the Pacific Road Runner’s First Half in Vancouver, Canada. I ran a 1:25:23 - a Personal Best. Since being in Vancouver I have been running with a club at Forerunners on 4th Street. Having run with them a few times I

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

On Sunday 4th September I ran the Wetherby 10k. This was my second 10k, following on from the York 10k that I had run the month previously. I finished in 37:31 (official time) coming in 19th place out of 694 participants. More information about the race can be found

On Sunday 7th August I ran the York 10k - My first ever 10k. I finished in 37:47 (official time) coming in 50th place out of 5,000+ participants. Awesome ! More information about the race can be found here. Training 25 hours before the race started I was sat

Firstly.. credit to my brother for the exceptional wordplay which is the title for this post - he used it first. Also.. congratulations on your engagement. One day I would like to get married and be good at wordplay. Two weekends ago (23rd/24th April) I was down in London

Race details The ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon was held on the 10th April 2016 in Manchester, England. It was my first marathon, and I finished it in 3:08:23. More information about the race can be found here. ![I actually took this after the race ;)](/content/images/2016/04/

Race details The MBNA Chester Metric Marathon was held on the 4th October 2015 in Chester, Wales. It was my first metric marathon, and I finished it in 1:52:55. More information about the race can be found here. Travel and accommodation We chose Chester because of its proximity