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Tag: Marathon training
Marathon Countdown: Day 6
The day is almost here!! This afternoon my running buddy and I will be jumping in her Mini and making our way to Brighton to pick up our race packs. We're staying in a hotel tonight, which means we can be up early and focussed for our big run. It also means we get a [...]
It’s the final countdown: two days and I’ll be at the start line!
Three months of training, and we're almost there. I had my last training run with the lovely N last night, so now its prep and packing for the big day. My running buddy and I have opted to stay in Brighton on Saturday night for minimal stress, so the husbands and kids and family supporters [...]
Marathon Countdown: Day 2
It's been a warm and fuzzy kind of Tuesday Well, what a day it's been today. I plucked my sleeping beauties out of bed this morning at 7.45am to plop them in the car and drive to the Chiropractor, where the lovely Charlotte clicked, manipulated and stretched my poor body back in to some recognisable [...]
Marathon Training: FINAL Week!
Wow, the last 16 weeks has been a blur of running, running and more running (with a lot of stretching, aches and very tight muscles). I think it's fair to say that the last week has been disastrous. On Tuesday, the class germs finally got the better of me, Friday saw the sick bug arriving [...]
HOW TO HANDLE LONG RUNS
SO, let's start with the good news...we did it! We nailed our long run last week, running a thigh-aching 29 kilometres (that's about 18 miles). I feel like we might be ready for this marathon. My knees ache, my Achilles insists on clicking after every long run and I have a proud collection of beautiful [...]
How to prepare yourself mentally for long runs
As you know by now, I've signed up for the Brighton Marathon this year. 5 weeks today in fact. 35 days. Eeeek! Enter self doubt and negative thoughts "What was I thinking?". For the last few weeks, my long runs have been on a Sunday afternoon. Kids are chilling out, dinner in the oven. Cue [...]
How to keep your running motivation (aka find your crew)
SO, you may or may not know that I'm training for the Brighton Marathon. An actual marathon. No, seriously. I must be crazy. Let's clear something up first - I am not a runner. I'm not one of those people who wear compression socks and running vests and actually look like a runner (you know, [...]
