Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

I managed to get through the two hard days without too much troubles, but I am quite tired now. Walking up the staircase into the office was...

A few weeks ago I stupidly decided to give the wife a special surprise and got her 2 tickets for a concert of some aging overrated rock-grou...

I’m really losing it. I set my alarm in time for my 10 miles run today, and set it for 5:20 instead of 5:40. I didn’t even notice at first, ...

Actually, I love dogs. I used to have one when I was a child, until it died of old age when I was 16 or 17. But when I’m out running, things...

I’ve noticed that I mentioned my heart rate in four of the last five entries, so I’ll leave it out for a while, or I might sound obsessed wi...

I must be completely bonkers, because I got up at 5:40 in the morning for my 10 miles run, despite hearing the wind and rain outside. Gettin...

When I started running, I checked out a lot of web sites, and was really frustrated about the amount of jargon they used without explaining ...

I had to go to a wedding on Friday (which was set in beautiful Dingle, about an hour drive from home), and stayed there for most of Saturday...

I stupidly decided to change the schedule and try to run up a hill until I nearly pass out instead of running a comfortable 10 miles. Well, ...

I’ve recently bought a heart rate monitor to help the training. It’s a very cheap one, a Polar F1 for 47 Euros – the cheapest I could find, ...

I had a really great 12 miles run on Sunday. Strictly speaking I ran too fast, but I was not pushing myself hard at all, I just ran at what ...

Thursday was actually a strenuous day. Not only did I run 9 miles in the morning, I also played football for an hour in the evening and then...

Wednesday was a rest day, and today was another run, 9 miles this time. Just straight running, no sprints in-between, which made it easier t...

I've got three young children, so running after work would definitely not go down well with my wife (just imagine: Me: Bye honey, I am ...

I want to be a marathon runner. Well, actually, I am a marathon runner, because I have completed two of those monsters already, but not in a...