With the bike knackered and most of the trains from Streatham into town down, I decided the only way to get to my personal training class was to run in. It’s about 6.7 miles from here to there so I figured run in in the morning and run back in the afternoon. To do this, [...]
Apr
04
19 miles – the whole of London in one run
Happy Easter to everyone. This morning was my last long run before the Brighton Marathon in two weeks time – a 19miler that saw me run from Streatham, through Brixton to the Kennington Oval, up to Vauxhall, Victoria and around Hyde Park before coming back through Sloan Square, Battersea, Clapham, Balham and Tooting. It really [...]
Mar
20
Nearly half way and the hydration pack test
Serendipity strikes again… As part of my training for the Brighton Marathon, I’m running the Water of Life Half Marathon tomorrow in Bisham Abbey. By total fluke, tomorrow is also the day I pass the half way stage of my 365 day challenge. To date I have ran 182 days consecutively and tomorrow takes me [...]
Mar
15
Trying to plan ahead to the upcoming races
After yesterday’s mammoth, I left it till the early evening to go out and run today, which is a shame as after a lovely sunny day, it was getting chilly again. I decided to run Streatham Common to get some hills back into the training and actually felt surprisingly good though, naturally, a little stiff. [...]

