A surprise… but not the kind anyone would want. On May 26th I went out for a cycle, I did 20 miles on the Al Qudra cycling track out and felt fine during the cycle, though it was so windy on the way out that the loop back was much speedier. However, when I got […]
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We ran the Dublin Marathon! On 29th October 2017 we ran our first marathon in a sunny & hilly Dublin with the most incredible crowds cheering us on. Here is our experience of running this fabulous marathon – I am so glad to write positively about this! Training Read my training recap here, our marathon […]
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I started running, admittedly quite inconsistently, in January 2012 after getting a place in the ballot for the Great North Run in September 2012 but my interest in and journey to a marathon and marathon training didn’t really peak until early 2017. We moved to Dubai in July 2014 and over the next few years […]
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After returning from Tanzania it still took a few days before I started marathon training again and at the end of week 17 I did an easy-ish 3 mile run before the final 4 week countdown to the Dublin Marathon! Thankfully during this final stint of training I was staying in Dubai with no work […]
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Through weeks 11 to 16 of marathon training I was all over the place… quite literally and sick Week 11 saw over 28 miles with a treadmill run, 2 outdoor runs in Dubai and a 16 mile long run around the 400m indoor track at Dubai Sports World… what a joy that was but on […]
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