Last weekend was the London marathon. I have mixed feelings about how the race went and that is possibly best captured by the top 10 things I have taken away from the race: 1) I ran 2:43:37 and came 235th 2) I am still the fastest runner in my club 3) I discovered that even [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PB’
A little time to reflect on the Virgin London Marathon 2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged competition, half marathon, marathon, nick anderson, PB, personal best, running, running with us, training, virgin london marathon 2011, VLM on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
10 Reasons why I will succeed at the London Marathon on Sunday 17 April 2011
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Florence marathon, half marathon, happiness, marathon, PB, personal best, potential, running, self-confidence, training, virgin london marathon 2011, VLM on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is the 2011 London marathon and I am running it. I have spent the day today resting and eating and drinking… and thinking. I believe the marathon is a challenge that requires mental as well as physical strength and that is why I write down, before every race, the reasons I know I will [...]
The law of diminishing returns vs. the aggregation of marginal gains.
Posted in Export, Uncategorized, tagged competition, half marathon, PB, personal best, potential, running, self-confidence, training on March 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Today I ran a personal best at the Reading half marathon (hooray)… by 20 seconds (oh) which equates to just over a second a mile (erm…) and that has made me think about running, diminishing returns and what it takes to continue to improve. A couple of weeks ago a compatriot and training partner ran [...]
New year, new training?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marathon, nick anderson, PB, personal best, running, training on January 11, 2011 | 9 Comments »
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Henry Ford (1863-1947), American founder of the Ford Motor Company. As the new year, 2011, gets underway the plethora of resolutions being broken is almost audible. Friend updating Twitter and Facebook announce almost gleefully that they have broken one or [...]
Thoughts on the Florence marathon 2010
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Florence marathon, marathon, negative split, nick anderson, PB, personal best, running, running with us, self-confidence, training, VLM on November 30, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This weekend I ran in the 27th Firenze Marathon, in beautiful Tuscany.This is some of what I thought of the race. The weather forecast promised rain and it delivered. Man, did it deliver. I have to admit that I tend to be a cynic when it comes to weather forecasts and this isn’t inspite of [...]
