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If there is one thing I have learnt this marathon training cycle, apart from how much I hate this long winter, it's the importance of mobility and having mobility tools. Disclaimer, I hate stretching and doing all of the mobility work. I would much rather just spend that extra 20-30 minutes a day running. Since
Not to sound like moaning Myrtle but marathon training was going really really well. I finally felt confident, had seen the last 10 weeks of effort really pay off. In the form of a PB at the Run with the Wind Half Marathon in Stratheven. Then we got hit with the #BeastFromTheEast which led to
8 weeks of marathon training complete. Definitely seen all the weather; snow, ice, wind and rain. Not sure which is my least favourite. Although if you are out in howling wind you wish it was rain or anything but the weather you are having. Saying that ice really isn’t nice. After a fall in marcothon
Hello 2018. Hello year of London Marathon. In case you didn't know I'm running London Marathon. 16 weeks out. It's time to get focussed. I ran 1563 miles in 2017. This consisted of Stirling Marathon, six half-marathon races, four 10KM races. I also climbed a munro, got seriously sweaty in GRIT classes and found swimming
Ready to Run has been on my to read list for the past year. I had started to read it a few months ago, but to be honest, didn't see the point in all this mobility stuff. Fast forward to now and I very much do. Bizarrely, I have a copy of Dr. Starrett's other