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

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Busy Day

February 27th, 2004, by Rich, in Cross Training, Distance Training, London Marathon, Physical Jerks, Running, Sports Therapy.

Busy Day

A busy day! I combined my hour of circuits with a 4.5 mile run in order to catch up a little after my slack day yesterday. More…

Pancake Day Run

February 24th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Pancake Day Run

A short run tonight Just five miles. More…

21 Miles

February 21st, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

21 Miles

My first twenty mile run! More…

Distance? What distance?

February 19th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Distance?  What distance?

10.5 miles tonight. More…

A Long Valentine Run

February 14th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

A Long Valentine Run

A nice valentines day run. How romantic. So, now I know that one full lap of Portsmouth is 15 miles (with a few loops to compensate for the bits where we can’t run due to RN installations). More…

An Easy Run

February 12th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

An Easy Run

Tonight’s club run was a very light five miler and we barely broke a sweat. More…

Blue Sky 14 Mile Run

February 7th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Blue Sky 14 Mile Run

With blue skies and a not too strong south-westerly blowing, this was a much nicer run than last Saturday. 2 hours from start to finish and 14 miles covered. More…

Elastic Run

February 5th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Elastic Run

What was going to be a run of just over an 60 minutes, turned into 93 minutes, at a good pace, with a few hills; so a total of about 10.5 miles.

Long, wet, run.

January 31st, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

Long, wet, run.

Today’s Met Office Warning:

Severe gales will affect the southern half of both England and Wales. Winds will gust to 80mph and some damage to buildings and trees is likely. Driving conditions will be dangerous.

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13 miles over Portsdown Hill

January 24th, 2004, by Rich, in Distance Training.

13 miles over Portsdown Hill

Portsmouth Joggers, bless ‘em, took us on a nice 13 mile run over Portsdown Hill tonight. 13 miles, on a school night. Such a feat would have been previously unthinkable; we are improving.