work dinners and drinks regularly; and I have my two daughters to look after two nights a week. There’s a direct correlation between my running, work and life in general – when I’m running well, everything goes well. Whenever there have been periods
much I should drink with the risk it would make me run slower.It was really congested at the start and I got quite cross with people in front of me. At around Mile 10, I was only about a minute down on marathon pace which was fine – I was planning
warned about the fast first section so I concentrated on eating, drinking and keeping up a reasonable pace. Seeing my family was magic and I grinned more and more as the day went on. My plan had always been to run the whole marathon, but this strategy
of the taper, you disregard race plans and get carried along too fast. Anyone can feel great at 10 miles, but the key to running a successful marathon is to still feel vaguely okay at 23-25 miles. Other errors are drinking too little or too much, not cutting
in that taper, I think!) Also, hitting 8 min/miles in the first half was a bit too quick – sub-3:30 pace - and you just can't afford to go too quick in the first half of a marathon.I wouldn't get too concerned about the drinking/carbs issue. As long as you were
and have the odd drink and just do the things you cant do when youre training. Then you get back into it feeling a lot fresher and a lot more eager to train hard. I needed that, and still when I did get back into training I could tell Id done a marathon
Surprise: Gordon Ramsay’s face when upon finishing I proceeded straight to the barrier and threw up my last drink all over the floor just as he was finishing his interview.What would I do differently: It was a perfect day for me, I wouldn’t have changed
probably didn't drink enough. I feel I've accomplished something incredible.Holly-go-Lightly, 4:264:26 “...Never mind becoming a pop or film star...” Read the full quote1824--London is a magnificent, wonderful city, and never more so than on such a
've learnt: don't trust the pesky weathermen, drink like a fish, and there's no shame in stopping for a rest to avoid collapse!!! It was an experience, I'll put it that way, but do it again?....never!....well, not next year anyway.gritech, 5:47:27 What
of the drinks some of the runners had asked me to have readyfor them? What if I missed one of the runners and they didn't perform aswell as they hoped because of it? What if I missed the train? What if thenumber 6 sign I'd planned (which needed putting together
