Berlin Buildup week 10 of 11. Whiteboard vs Washboard
Week 1 of 2 in Taper Town. After 8 weeks of good, solid training, with no injury or illness, the most important thing to remember is…
work
Berlin Buildup Week 7 of 11. 7 at 70
It is so much easier for me to write these blogs when I have nailed my training for the week. I feel like I can say whatever the hell I want, cos I’m the guy running 100 miles a week, so I can back it up.
This week, I only ran 70 miles, so I’ve lost a third of my credibility. I don’t want to write anything. But then, maybe these are the weeks you actually want to read about. The ones when I am not a machine, when life intervenes.
Berlin Buildup week 4 of 11. One lap to lose
Dulwich 5km parkrun consists of 3 laps around the park. I have been targeting this run for a month. I did it 5 weeks ago, before I started my Berlin buildup, and I want to see how much I have improved. Also, I did it this time last year, so it will be a good indicator against where I am now vs last year.
Berlin Buildup week 2 of 11. Toothache
I reckon I have a high pain threshold. It is impossible to really know. But running marathons, for a large part, is learning to deal with pain. In the race, in training, walking down the stairs with achey bones and tendons. I go through pain, then see if I can take a little bit more.
Berlin Buildup week 1 of 11. Felinheli 10km
Last year I ran my personal best at the Berlin Marathon (blog post here). This year I am doing it again, but this time I am going ‘ALL IN’. I […]
the Dentist & Van
A very uneventful few weeks, dominated by toothache. A crown I had put in a few months ago is pushing another filling down onto the nerve and causing a lot of pain. One Tuesday I was at work and it was so bad that I remember cutting my thumb with a saw, and that pain being a relief, distracting me from the toothache. Exhausting level of pain, an scary. One morning my little girl was doing her cutest level best to cheer me up, and she couldn’t get so much as a smile out of me. It is sorted now.