Category: Seeph vs Marathon
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The eve of the Moyathon
Anyone who’s followed my blog over the years will know I like to run a marathon every so often. Okay, so “like” is clearly a not quite the right word, but the fact is it’s happened a few times now since that inaugural effort in 2011. Every so often I…
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A marathon (and a half) for Moya
Hello everyone. For those of you who missed my last post, I’m running the Chester Marathon next weekend. Welcome to No More Marathons™, 2025 edition. What I haven’t mentioned yet though is that I’m running this one (plus the Manchester Half Marathon a week later) for the fantastic St Ann’s Hospice,…
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Triple header
Every so often a certain event – or more pertinently, a series of events – piques my interest. The prospect of a special medal for completing a set is all it takes really, despite the fact I’ve yet to complete any of the ones I’ve started. Or nearly started. Or…
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Catching the unicorn: The 2023 Boston Marathon
When I put up the infamous “No More Marathons” Facebook post off the back of London 2018, I genuinely meant it. That race remains, to this very day, the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. I crossed that famous finish line on The Mall absolutely battered and…
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All boulevards lead to Boylston Street
Usually the build up to a big race, especially a marathon, would be the most productive time for my blog. A combination of feeling like I have a story to tell, allied to a lot of time out there training alone with only my brain for company usually means a…
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Chasing the unicorn
While the dream of running all six World Marathon Majors kinda arrived, and then subsequently kinda died during the pandemic, it had meant that I’d looked into those other five majors just a little bit more, and there was one that seemed to come up as the one in particular…
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Breaking 3: The Manchester Marathon 2021
In May 2008 I ran my first timed event, the Great Manchester Run 10k, in 41:14. Literally since that day I’ve wondered if I had a sub three marathon in me, and my first half marathon in 2009 coming in under an hour and half made me think even more…
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The Final Countdown
When I mapped out my plan for 2021 I decided a practice race before the Manchester Marathon would be a good idea just to reacquaint myself with the old routine after close to two years away from racing. And very well it all went over at Wilmslow last month, but…
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Tuning up: The Wilmslow Half Marathon 2021
No matter how many virtual challenges I’ve taken part in over the past 18 months, even though some of them were amongst the most rewarding things I’ve ever done, there’s nothing quite like taking part in a real race with real people. The adrenaline on the day just isn’t there…
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Halftime
Last Sunday marked the halfway point of my third round of marathon training in 18 months, ideally this time with an actual race at the end of it. Nine weeks down, nine to go. Over 450 miles in the bank already. So I thought I would be a good opportunity to…
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