Category: Seeph vs Marathon
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Josh
Time for a guest column this week. I’ve been meaning for literally weeks now to write a piece about the charity I am running for, and have always seemed to come up a bit short. I wanted to do the piece justice, and highlight all the amazing work that The…
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A new record
Approaching the four banks in Chorlton a week ago, I glanced down at my phone to see how far into the run I was. This was the supposedly easy weekend in my training plan compared to what had gone previously, and what was to come in the weeks ahead. “Just”…
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Halfway
I decided to set up this blog back in April, the day after I signed up for the Liverpool Marathon. I intended it to be a record of my pain, my struggles, and a record of something I can look back on in years to come after I have (hopefully)…
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Festival excuses, pt. II
It’s been a couple of weeks since my last update and I am delighted to announce that I have officially started marathon training. And to be honest, I think I have had a great fortnight. Since returning from Glastonbury (and receiving a dressing down from Runkeeper) I have not missed…
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I am being stalked
I returned to civilisation on Monday evening to discover that I have managed to attract my very own stalker. It appears that I am being watched, having my every move tracked, and there is no escape. Runkeeper is coming after me. While I was away, traipsing through mud to watch some…
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The calm before the storm
A week since my return to competitive action, and it is all about to go very wrong indeed. After putting in a decent amount of training, eating reasonably well and even having a fortnight off the booze, and subsequently surprising myself with the results, I am off to Glastonbury Festival…
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In 90th place: not Lionel Messi
Well that’s that then. 10 Scouse kilometres covered, my first race proper for nearly two years completed. Liverpool City Centre to New Brighton, all the way under the River Mersey and out onto the other side, into the wind and rain on The Wirral. 6.2 miles taking in some of…
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A real race with real people
It’s been a good week since I posted my tale of (entirely self-imposed) woe last Wednesday. I have achieved quite a lot I think. For a start, there has – thankfully – been no repeat of the cider catastrophe. I’ve been pretty healthy all round actually. I even had a…
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Cider on/training off
I have often wondered what could have been had I discovered that I was actually pretty decent at running about 10 years before I actually did. After all, the kid that used to live next door to my Aunt and Uncle that I used to occasionally hang around with now…
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Yesterday I completed my first marathon
Kind of. Actually, not really. Not at all in all honesty. Well, I did. But also I didn’t. Essentially, yesterday, at around 5:35pm, I completed my 26th mile. Time to congratulate myself? Crack the champagne out? Roll out the bunting and party poppers? Not really. Yes, it was my 26th…
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