Tonight was another track special with my coach Nick Anderson and a group of his athletes. It was a really great session – warm-up and drills then 5 minutes at threshold (5:23 min/mile), 4 x 800m at 5k pace (5:08 min/mile) and then 6 x 300m at 3k pace (4:48 min/mile). It was the kind [...]
Posts Tagged ‘running with us’
Tonight my mojo returned!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged nick anderson, potential, running, running with us, self-confidence, training on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The future’s bright. The future’s oranges
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged half marathon, marathon, nick anderson, running, running with us, Seville marathon, training on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
… Seville oranges to be exact. Part of the plan that my coach Nick Anderson and I have devised is that I will not be running a marathon this autumn. This came as a bit of a shock, I must say. But I have decided that it is the right thing to do – an [...]
The road back
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged happiness, marathon, nick anderson, paula radcliffe, running, running with us, self-confidence, training, virgin london marathon 2011, VLM on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Since I started training under the watchful eye of Nick Anderson, there have been a number of changes to my training and approach to races. However one of the more radical changes, as far as I was concerned, has been Nick’s insistence that post-marathon I have a full week with no exercise at all and [...]
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 »
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 [...]
The wonders of warm weather and warm personalities
Posted in Export, Uncategorized, tagged Alfamar, Alfamar Beach and Sport Resort, Algarve, marathon, nick anderson, running, running with us, self-confidence, training, Training Camp, virgin london marathon 2011, VLM on April 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week I ‘ave been mostly… running with a group of 30 people in the Algrave, in sunny Portugal. The trip was suggested by my coach, Nick Anderson, as an opportunity for a group of the runners he coaches to get together, have a week of running in the warmth of the Mediterranean and talk [...]
