In The Name Of Running Excellence, I had The Most Pretentious Breakfast In History
That blog title today makes a big claim, isn’t it? That title is fit to burst with expectation and promise… So let me just release some air from it: - It only seems pretentious when I say it out loud. - In history refers to my own personal history, though I have been...
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Reflecting On 2015’s Running and My Running Goals for 2016
Welcome to 2016, running buddies! I have not written on this blog for a couple of months for a couple of reasons: 1. I have needed plenty of R&R after a big year of running for me. I felt I had little to say or add while I was not running. I put a bit of weight on as...
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The Highs and Just Two Lows of Bournemouth Marathon Festival 2015
This was it, the big one. Running all four races, one after the other, at Bournemouth marathon festival. A total of 48 miles being run in my home town. Last Friday afternoon I was interviewed by James Burford on BBC Radio Solent about the challenge ahead, I had...
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Why Running Makes You More Successful
I had the idea at the end of last year, and I wrote an article about it back in January of this year…. This weekend the idea becomes reality. I am running all 48 miles of the 4 Bournemouth marathon festival races back-to-back. Here is what I wrote on my personal...
read moreNew Forest Marathon Race Report 2015
Last Sunday saw the return of the New Forest marathon. After a hiatus last year, the event is now run by different people who in the past year have reinvented the New Forest marathon that has been going since the 1980s. I last ran the New Forest marathon back in 2011...
read moreThe Hypnosis For Running Salisbury 50km Race Report
I was away on holiday for the past week, so was unable to get this report done in the speedy fashion that I usually do. 8 days ago, I ran the Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 50km trail ultra marathon. It takes in 5 rivers, 4 hills (that have their own names), 3 large country...
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Hypnosis For Running Weekly Mileage Log – And A Club Session On The Beach
My weekly mileage was as follows for last week, this is the eighth week of my training plan leading up to Bournemouth marathon festival where I am running all four races back to back: Mon: Rest Tue: (Recovery x 2) AM - 6m & PM - 4m Wed: (General pace) 15 miles Thu:...
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Hypnosis For Running Weekly Mileage Log – And My Favourite Summer Cross Training Activity!
The past week was a slightly lower total mileage week than in previous weeks. I ran a total of 66 miles, this is how the week panned out - Week Seven of this particular schedule: Mon: Rest/Cross Train...
read moreHypnosis for Running Weekly Mileage Log – Getting Faster?
This is the sixth week of my schedule that takes me through to my multi race running at Bournemouth marathon festival this October. Last week, this was my training mileage: Mon: Rest day. Tue: 3 mile warm-up, 5 mile @ sub marathon race pace, 2m cool-down Wed: 14...
read moreHypnosis for Running Weekly Mileage Log – And Using Self-Hypnosis to Cool Down
My strava account (via Garmin connect) shows a total of 74.2 miles run last week. My largest mileage week of the year to date for me. The week’s schedule went something like this: Mon: 17 miles Tue: 8 miles @ general pace with 10 x 100m sprints (and 100m recoveries)...
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