running – Runner Ben

Keep Going, No Matter What!

I, like many other people over the last few weeks, have had to come to terms with the race that we have been training so hard for has now unfortunately been cancelled or delayed until later on in the year. Unfortunately mine hasn’t been delayed till later on in the year it has been cancelledContinue reading “Keep Going, No Matter What!”

Marathon training week 5

This week I finally got the news about my marathon. Unfortunately it has been cancelled completely not just delayed to a later date so I will be running my first ever marathon next year instead of this year hopefully. This news has really effected my training this week I found it really tough to motivateContinue reading “Marathon training week 5”

Marathon training week 4

First run of the week was 3 easy miles my legs felt pretty heavy from Cambridge half marathon. My heart rate was nice and low but I probably could’ve still gone slower just to make sure my legs weren’t pushed too much. My second run of the week was once again a easy 3 milesContinue reading “Marathon training week 4”

Marathon Training Week 3

I started this week with a nice easy recovery 2 miles. After Sunday’s long run I wanted to keep the run nice and easy and make sure my legs feel okay. My second run of the week was with Norwich road runners again. I did my normal 1.2 miles there as a warm up thenContinue reading “Marathon Training Week 3”

Marathon training week 2

The first session of the week was with Norwich road runners. I did a 1.2 mile warm up and warm down. In the middle I did hill repeats which when you do them with other people they are actually a lot more enjoyable. The session was 2 minutes up 2 minutes down with 90 secondContinue reading “Marathon training week 2”

Marathon training week 1

This week I decided to restart my marathon training after have a few weeks off due to injury. I wanted my first week back to be pretty easy and to slowing increase the intensity so that I can hopefully be injury free from now to when I get to start line on May 17th. MyContinue reading “Marathon training week 1”

Dealing with injury

Over the last couple of years I have had my fair few aches and pains but never a couple of days before a race so this is a new experience for me. When I first started running a couple of years ago I experienced a lot pain in my shins and no matter what IContinue reading “Dealing with injury”

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Just going to post about my runs as I train for my first half marathon in April “Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.”