Tag Archives: half

Half Marathon Strategy

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

The following text is adapted from The Competitive Runner’s Handbook by Bob and Shelly Glover. If you buy ONE running book in your life… buy it.  It has the answer to any question I’ve ever had about running, everything from … Continue reading →

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New Half Marathons 2011 page

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

I’ve created a new Half Marathon page which holds all the links to the post I did for the three Half Marathons I did in 2011. Events > Half Marathons 2011 Enjoy.

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Full outfit for Chicago half marathon (& GSR)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

All I seem to be doing this week is waiting to run and go on holiday and getting my ‘outfits’ ready. Not much training, I’m using the taper as an excise to ease off for a bit. Here is the … Continue reading →

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If you don’t ask you don’t get…

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

When I’m in Chicago the Chicago Half Marathon is on… (Sunday 11th September). I looked into it and it’s about $100 to enter (about £60).  Whilst I would love to run an event in another country, I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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GSR Half Marathon Pace Calculator

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

 Great Scottish Run Half Marathon Pace Calculator I’m usually one for having a ‘pace strategy’ for races… I don’t tend to target a time, rather I see how my running has been in training and apply paces for mile splits … Continue reading →

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Wk33 – 12.75M with Alan and Cris

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Tuesday night and I’d arranged to run with Alan and Cris from work. Cris is a bit of a speed demon and Alan is experimenting with increasing his distances and pace…so tonight might be a bit more of a challenge … Continue reading →

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Next 2 weeks training plan

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

I’ve got around 2 weeks before the Great Scottish Run half marathon and 10k I’m going to do at the start of September and here’s the plan of action.  It’s a little more mixed up compared to normal…but here goes: … Continue reading →

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Wk 30 Popular Search Engine Terms #3

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

5 week, 10k and half marathon training plans I came across this question in a search engine term where someone ended up on my blog: i’m only running up to 8 miles for long run, i have 5 weeks till … Continue reading →

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Wk28 – 9.5M Half Marathon training then Basketball

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Thursday night and I went home for Chicken Katsu… a lovely home made dish of breaded chicken with rice and chinese curry sauce on top. Yummy! I made sure I visited the loo, before going out for my run at … Continue reading →

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7.6M Great Scottish Run Half M prep route

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Here is the first of my preparation routes for the Great Scottish Run half marathon.  I conveniently live on a street which makes up part of the route, so I’ll be running from home and around part of the route … Continue reading →

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