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A record of the Distance Training we did whilst preparing for the London Marathon.

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Horrible Weather for Running

March 20th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Horrible Weather for Running

Mum summed it up: Horizontal daffodils. More…

Shin Philosophy

March 18th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Shin Philosophy

An evening club run tonight, and for some reason it hurt my shins so much that I considered turning back. At one point I turned around, then thought better of it and persevered. More…

Marathon Respect

March 16th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Marathon Respect

A simple 8 mile run tonight, up and down the Tipner Lake waterside for one mile alternating between slow recovery runs (9 minute mile) with fast timed runs (5:40, 5:55, 6:05). More…

Start Monday Here

March 15th, 2004, by Rich, in Cross Training, Distance Training, London Marathon, Physical Jerks, Running, Sports Therapy.

Start Monday Here

A nice circuit class followed by a 4.5 mile run. Is there a better start to Monday morning? More…

Challenging our physical expectations

March 13th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Challenging our physical expectations

Today we did a lap of Portsmouth , and threw in a little of the Cosham industrial sector before a brief woodland spell (map). Lovely. More…

Chilly Run

March 11th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Chilly Run

A cold one tonight, a strong cold wind from the south east brought flakes of snow. More…

Effortless Training

March 9th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Effortless Training

A really good run tonight. More…

Different Circuits

March 8th, 2004, by Rich, in Cross Training, Distance Training.

Different Circuits

Circuits in the morning and an easy run in the evening. More…

The second 20 mile run

March 6th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

The second 20 mile run

A second really long one. This time we started by running around Langstone Harbour, then headed inland, over Portsdown Hill, for some cross country. More…

Blisters

March 4th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Blisters

A nice run around Cosham and the surrounding area tonight. More…