The fourth week of training for the Tour de Torfaen and the 4am runs have made a return. It’s always good getting out there early to get the miles in before breakfast. Tuesday – 8 Miles Another non-4am run (these…
The fourth week of training for the Tour de Torfaen and the 4am runs have made a return. It’s always good getting out there early to get the miles in before breakfast. Tuesday – 8 Miles Another non-4am run (these…
The third week of the training plan and things are going well. I’m largely keeping to the plan although I skipped a hill session on Wednesday due to family visiting and substituting my early morning run for a run around…
The second week of training and the plan is to start increasing the miles gradually with slightly longer runs during the week and a longer run on the weekend. I have a plan for a possible 26 mile run on…
This week sees the start of my next big challenge – the Tour de Torfaen. Since completing the Tour de Newport I have been maintaining my early morning runs in anticipation of starting another challenge it wasn’t long before I…
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, originally known as the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, is a broad canal connecting Sharpness in the south and Gloucester in the north. The canal follows the course of the River Severn for much of the…
When I briefly started getting back into running after having a stoma in 2019 I was keen to set myself a challenge so whilst sat at the bar in Tiny Rebel in Newport in May 2019 I wondered how long…
Week 20 of the Tour de Newport training plan and last 5 months have been an adventure in itself. Things have largely gone to plan with me just missing three runs due to illness and a slight issue with me…
Week 19 of the training plan begins and the tapering begins, sort of. According to the training plans the mid-week runs are still long-ish with a 4-miler sandwiched between two 8-milers. The weekend runs are shorter with 10 miles on…
After last week’s disruption caused by a stomach virus I’m hoping that this week will be an improvement and I can stick to the plan. I’m not 100% better but largely there and definitely well enough to run so let’s…
As I’m coming to the end of the training block for the Tour de Newport (just a couple of weeks to go), I’ve been reflecting on all the things I’ve encountered on the journey and all of the photos I’ve…
Last week was a huge week in the training plan with a 35 mile run on the Saturday followed by another run on the Sunday. The build up to the 35 miler (should have been 32 but diversions added to…
Week 16 of the Tour de Newport commenced! It was another early start for a run around the Port. The next 7 days sees the training plan reaching its peak with 12 miles today, 4 tomorrow, 6 on Thursday, the…
Last week was my biggest week ever at just under 67 miles for the week and it also took me to 1,000 miles for the year. There aren’t many weeks left and just one really long run left on June…
Week 14 and I started the week convinced that this week’s runs were easier and after back-to-back longer runs in Week 13 I was looking forward to easier runs but then I looked at the calendar! 26 miles Saturday, 1h…
A new week and a little bit more mileage this week both on the mid-week runs and the Saturday/Sunday runs. With warmer temperatures forecast I’m glad that I’m doing the mid-week runs early in the morning.
Week 11 ended with a marathon around Cheltenham on Saturday and a 10 mile trail run on Sunday that took in part of the TdN route. The weekly total was 61 miles and surprisingly my legs were feeling pretty good…
The start of a new week and a slight increase in mileage with 10, 7 and 8 during the week followed by 26 on Saturday and 2-2.5 hours on Sunday. I’ve brought the challenge forward two weeks so that it…
After a 60 mile week, this week is going to involve less mileage overall and a shorter run on Saturday. The mid-week plan was going to remain pretty similar with three early morning runs Tuesday-Thursday with hills on Wednesday.
The 9th week of the training block begins and I’m hoping it will be a better one for the legs and the knee. The plan is for 8/6/8 in the week and hopefully enough time to squeeze in a marathon…
Week 8 and the start of a new week of training. The plan this week is to increase the mileage slightly in the morning runs (10, 6 and 8) and then have two x 2 hour runs on the weekend.
Normally getting up at 4am would be a struggle but for the last seven weeks of my training plan my midweek runs have begun around 4am. With preparation I can roll out of bed, put on my running kit and…