or so was great!I finished in 4:51, which I was delighted with. Bronchitis five weeks before marathon day took three weeks out of my training, including my last two long runs, and then I had a sore throat on marathon day itself, so I decided to take

've got an eager training partner (another possible IM candidate) to share the pain and long rides with.Ironman target: 14h30m or to finishMy trainging for February to June 2005Swim - 87,666 metres (39.6 hrs)Bike - 1,452 miles (99.5 hrs)Run - 223 miles (35

the training when it all felt good only to end up regretting it later. This I did first time around and ended up not being aloud to run for six weeks before the event.Pep, 4:55 --This was my first marathon - what a FANTASTIC day. Everything went as planned

Time: 5:56My Personal Race Report: Flora London Marathon 2004"So I thought best that I write down what the event was actually like.  To almost everyone reading this, running a marathon is something that is on their "before I get old, to do list

lonely and disheartening. Running in an event, however, isFANTASTIC! and makes all the hours running in the dark, when you'drather be asleep, worth it.Since signing up for IMZH, I have had to find a pool and someinstruction on self-propelled water motion

to success was the advice and tips I read month by month in the magazine and the weekly e-mails. I know it was me running on the day, but in my training I felt I was improving by putting into practice the advice given, especially for the long runs, I didn

GMTV presenter at 22 miles. I didn't find the weather too difficult - thankfully we've had some very unseasonal warm weather in the Hebrides during a couple of my long runs, so I was almost acclimatised. I didn't hit the wall, although I retreated

right thigh joined shortly afterwards by my left; a bit of a shock as I haven't had any problems with this in the past, particularly on my long training runs of 19-22 miles. My plan of a 3:30 finish swiftly disappeared to be replaced by a "just finish

running hasn’t been so bad even taking my winter injuries into account. I’ve taken part in two marthons, London (for which I only had eight weeks of training) and four weeks later, Halstead. I thoroughly enjoyed both events. I’ve broken a string of PBs

first was Sydney in 2003, and there simply is no comparison. I never expected just how incredible the atmosphere would be - Sydney was a long and lonely run whilst London is a festival. What was my best moment? That is pretty difficult to answer as I