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 😉 […]
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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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