Category: Seeph vs Marathon
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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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One last hurrah
I’ve not properly pushed myself at the full marathon distance since my massive 2016 effort, with Londons 2017 & 18 all being about savouring the day, and I was never going to attempt anything mad for my virtual one last October. So now it’s time to see what I’ve still…
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9 mile
There’s been no races so far in 2021, virtual or otherwise. One little challenge that did materialise though was one of those that came about more by chance than anything, and then as is often my way subsequently became something to obsess over for a bit. That was until I…
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Virtual October
Anyone who’s read more than a couple of my blogs will know that I have a pretty familiar autumn routine, hitting one or two of the same races almost every year going as far back as 2008. This year things were a bit different but I’m still delighted with what…
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