by Alistair Jones | Dec 22, 2019 | Blog, Marathon Training, Run
After not running much at all the past few weeks I’ve now run twice in two days. This was a real celebration run with two of my best friends, Pete and Vin, we were joined on the run by Pete’s unbelievably cute dog Moses. The run was a little 10 miler, I felt a bit...
by Alistair Jones | Dec 21, 2019 | Blog, Marathon Training, Run
Another week and another set of pathetic excuses. This week has been insane – still in constant attendance at the hospital. The busiest work week of the year oh and the little matter of my book Run! A book for Real Runners being voted Running Book of the Year!!!...
by Alistair Jones | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog, Marathon Training, Run
So … week 4. And my running is still all over the place. This is my third run of the week, but the first I’ve recorded. I ran 7 miles easy and did a little tempo run this week, but I did them without watch or phone. I’ve been feeling quite distracted by the...
by Alistair Jones | Dec 8, 2019 | Blog, Marathon Training, Run
It’s very unusual for me to do a long run on my own. I’m a very social runner and I’m blessed with really great running friends. Today though no one was available. So I stuck on my headphones, loaded up an audio book and set off to do 10 miles. This was a beautiful...
by Alistair Jones | Dec 7, 2019 | Blog, Marathon Training, Run
After another week of constant attendance at the hospital I missed my speed session yesterday the main component of which was running 5km at 5:21 pace Whilst I didn’t do the whole planned session, I did find time to knock out the 5km and more or less stayed on pace....
by Alistair Jones | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog, Marathon Training, Run
My Tokyo marathon cycle is turning into a bit of a mare. After my last run was a long run cut very short, ill health in my family meant I spent most of last week visiting in hospital and as a consequence didn’t pull on my running shoes once. It seems a bitter irony...
