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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

At some non-specific point in the past few years I acknowledged that my greatest enjoyments and biggest successes come from trusting my gut. I spent a lot of 2017 thinking about things and reading about things. Introspecting. Not in a meditation/mindfulness kind of way but rather in a '

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

Race details The Essar Four Villages Half Marathon was held on the 17th January 2016 in Helsby, England (and surrounding villages). It was my first half marathon, and I finished it in 1:26:50. More information about the race can be found here. Travel and accommodation Helsby is fortunately

It seems like the done thing (at the end of the year) to comment on social media about how the previous year went. I figured I’d write a blog post instead. Version 2 I am going to start with the second version of this blog post. It is more

Since running the Berlin Marathon at the end of September I have had a pretty erratic, inconsistent exercise routine. Post Berlin my intention was to simply carry on running so as to maintain my fitness. I intended to reduce the work load but still do 35 - 40 mile weeks.

I have had one of those months such that justifying a mini holiday was pretty easy. Accounts, tax returns, running etc etc. Things have been stressful and as such when Quintin (an old friend) mentioned he was going to be in Barcelona with his wife (Dasom) I figured I should

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 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

I have Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. This means that on a daily basis I see some sort of post pertaining to starting a diet, diet progress, or diet fuck ups. Within my social circles the majority of these posts are from women (just an observation). I have tried every diet