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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We flew back to Dubai on 24th July and arrived in 50 degree heat to pick up marathon training again… Thursday 27th – 4 miles outside at 70% humidity with a pace of 10:14/mile, then an attempt to “cool down” with one mile on the treadmill but it was really hot in the gym as well […]
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During week 5 of marathon training I was still in Scarborough before travelling to Northern Ireland for week 6. Unfortunately I got sick on the Saturday so didn’t run in Northern Ireland except for Armagh Park Run on my last day at home. We did have some leisurely walks and hiked up Slieve Gullion. Sunday […]
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Week 4 of marathon training and after struggling with the heat on Friday mornings long run I ran in the evenings instead, this is also when we travelled to the UK for summer holidays and would be a test to see if training continued when holiday mode was on… Sunday 2nd – Rest day Monday 3rd – because […]
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