You may have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet of late. I’ve found it hard to find the time to write, what with all the actual running. A few months ago I entered the ballot for the Tokyo Marathon. I didn’t have any serious intentions for the race, but after several failed attempts at […]
Posts Tagged ‘Marathon Training’
One Toe in Tokyo
Posted: 4th February 2016 by mockjogger in Race Preparation, Training Plan, Training RunsTags: Marathon Training, Snow, Tokyo, Treadmill, Weather, Wind, Winter
Edinburgh Marathon Countdown – 6 Days
Posted: 19th May 2014 by mockjogger in Race Preparation, Training PlanTags: Edinburgh, Marathon Bands, Marathon Training, Pace, Training Plan, Weather
Last Friday afternoon we crossed the threshold into long range weather forecast territory for the Edinburgh marathon. Not that there was anything useful to be determined; the weather soothsayers were clearly playing their cards close to their chest at this point by predicting that anything and everything could happen. Since then, the inexorable advance towards […]
Paris Marathon Countdown – 44 Days
Posted: 20th February 2014 by mockjogger in Race Preparation, Training PlanTags: Fatigue, Hamstring, Jetlag, Marathon Training, Paris, Vitamins
The first part of my training plan for the Paris Marathon went precisely how Hal Higdon would have liked it to have gone. Bring it on, I thought. A little early, as it turned out, as when embarking the second part of the plan, several life-factors conspired to rob me of energy, making each run […]
Paris Marathon Countdown – 66 Days
Posted: 29th January 2014 by mockjogger in Race Preparation, Training PlanTags: Marathon Training, Paris
I signed up to offer my marathon virginity to Paris four months ago with all the zeal of a turkey in springtime, safe in the knowledge that Christmas is a long, long way away. When I started looking at training plans a few weeks back and found that I should have started yesterday, reality started […]