WAMC Perth Marathon 2015 Marathon #10 Sunday 14 June 2015 A few weeks ago, I ran the HBF Run for a Reason Half Marathon and despite not feeling well I ran a PB! I finished in less than 100 minutes, I’m finally into double digits. That run didn’t feel like it took too much out […]
Author: Scott
The last gasp.
Endurancelife CTS Exmoor Marathon #9 Saturday 11 April 2015 This will probably be my last Endurancelife CTS event… for now. We’re heading back to Australia on Monday 04 May and there just isn’t time to squeeze in CTS Pembrokeshire on the Saturday before departing. The CTS events have been a real eye-opener for me; they’re […]
Half empty? Half full?
Endurancelife CTS Sussex Half Marathon Saturday 21 March 2015 Although I’d been running for almost two weeks following about four weeks of rest “forced” on me by an injury sustained during the CTS South Devon marathon, I was still not at 100% strength or fitness. I’d run a half marathon distance on the flat Thames […]
Bouncing back?
Following my first ever marathon DNF at CTS South Devon due to a torn calf, I went on the hunt for a physiotherapist who could put me back together in time for CTS Northumberland in just three weeks time. The good folk at Runner’s Retreat in Marlow came to my aid (again) and suggested Drummond […]
Play another day…
Endurancelife CTS South Devon Marathon #9 (DNF #1) Saturday 07 February 2015 Time had flown by since the shoe-destroying trail marathon in Anglesey. The Altras were only a couple of months old and had only completed 440km so I sent emails to the company in the US and their distributor in the UK. They said […]
What’s in a name?
“An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance, is any sporting event involving running and walking longer than the traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi).”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon In theory, if I ran just a millimetre further than 42.195km then I would have run an ultra. This idea doesn’t sit well with me, nor a lot of “true” […]
Interval Training: One way…
vVO2Max Training There have been scientific studies which concluded there is a pace for running (cycling, or exercising in general) which increases leg muscle strength and power, and that pace is pretty close to vVO2Max. Running at this pace during training tends to improve economy through strengthening muscle cells (meaning fewer cells are needed to […]
WTF is sleet?
Endurancelife CTS Anglesey Marathon #8 Saturday 17 January 2015 I’ve had a pretty good recovery in the nearly four weeks since the last marathon; plenty of time to warm up and get over my Portsmouth hypothermia. Xmas and New Year were quiet but I haven’t done a lot of training as Tracy has been having […]
Warchalking for Runners
As soon as it was midnight, there came in two little naked dwarfs; and they sat themselves upon the shoemaker’s bench, took up all the work that was cut out, and began to ply with their little fingers, stitching and rapping and tapping away at such a rate, that the shoemaker was all wonder, and […]
Motivational quotes (about running and life)
“If there is no solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it.”Dalai Lama XIV “A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.”Dalai Lama XIV