Last week entries to the Gold Coast Marathon opened for what promises to be a great weekend of racing. The Gold Coast event, to be held on the 5th & 6th July, includes a 2km & 4km Junior Dash, 5.7km challenge, 10km run, 21.1km half marathon & 42.2km full marathon, as well as a wheelchair 15km & wheelchair marathon. Gold Coast … [Read more...]
Post marathon recovery
March 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a week now since the Tokyo marathon & my recovery has been going well… but is not yet complete. Too many people rush back into training too quickly & don’t give their bodies the necessary recovery time. Inadequate recovery time puts you at risk of overtraining and increases the risk of injury. While the muscles in my legs are … [Read more...]
Tokyo Marathon 2014
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Tokyo Marathon is an amazing race, and rightly one of the world major marathons. The Japanese people love & respect marathon running and as a nation have an amazing number of elite marathoners. Yesterdays race was won by Kenyan Dickson Chumba in a new race record time of 2:05:42. He beat home Ethiopian Tadese Tola (2:05:57) & compatriot … [Read more...]
Prepare for a marathon & enjoy your holidays
February 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Travelling away for any event always has it’s difficulties… and fun. After all you're travelling for a reason, to experience life, so you don’t want to miss what’s on offer, but how do you balance everything? Ideally when travelling for a marathon you want things to be as familiar & routine as possible, but Japan presents plenty of challenges. … [Read more...]
Tapering for Tokyo…
February 15, 2014 By Leave a Comment
One week to go until the Tokyo Marathon & i’m starting to taper (at least the running). Today, with a week to go until the marathon, i’m flying to Tokyo. It’s going to be the earliest i’ve arrived before a race, & the extra time to acclimatise will be very useful considering they’ve been getting a bit more snow in Tokyo this week. Actually … [Read more...]
The road to Tokyo…
February 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
With the Tokyo Marathon only 2 weeks away & the last of my big training runs are behind me I’ve started my taper. I can’t wait to get over to Japan & experience as much as I can. I’m especially looking forward to going for a few warm up runs in Yoyogi park in central Tokyo. While I’ll be reducing my training volume during the taper it’s … [Read more...]
Strength training for runners… Tips & myths
February 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Running is a dynamic high impact action that requires a strong body for maximum efficiency. Long distance running is also repetitive in nature, so to help minimise the risk of injury & provide support for tough training, strength exercises are essential. While you’re running you’re only ever on 1 leg (when you’re not in the air) so it’s … [Read more...]
2013 New York City Marathon
November 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Geoffrey Mutai has successfully defended his New York Marathon crown (from 2011) with a dominant run in windy conditions to finish in 2:08:24, 52 seconds ahead of Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede (2:09:16) and 3rd placed South African Luspho April (2:09:45). In a star-studded field, including Gold medallist & world champion Stephen Kiprotich, American … [Read more...]
2013 Chicago Marathon
October 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In perfect weather the 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon hit the streets of Chicago for what was expected to be a fast race. Kenyan Dennis Kimetto claimed his 2nd World marathon Major win for 2013 in a course record time of 2:03:45. The record time, knocking almost a minute of last years record, backs up his strong win in Tokyo in February. … [Read more...]
Berlin Marathon 2013
September 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
2013 Berlin marathon and a new marathon world record to Wilson Kipsang of Kenya 2:03:23 has once again shown the dominance of the East African runners. Kipsang broke Patrick Makau’s 2yr old mark of 2:03:38, which had eclipsed the previous world records of Ethiopian great, Haile Gabrselassie, also set in Berlin. This the 4th consecutive world record … [Read more...]
