Final Countdown to Race Day – Here’s the final week in our training guide and it’s all about leading up to race day! If you’re training for the London marathon then you can view last weeks post for you here as this post applies more to those doing the Brighton marathon this

Nipple Tape and Vaseline Marathon Training Week 12 – So we’re getting very close now to the race day, be it the London, Brighton or any other of the many spring marathons. We’ve pretty much covered everything that we need to in the previous posts; nutrition, training, kit, mapping out

Marathon Training Running for a Good Cause Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Week 11 Rest 35 min at Marathon Pace Rest 35 min at Marathon Pace Rest 20 min run 1 hour at Marathon Pace – Prep   Not long now before race day and although we are

Marathon Training Spring has Sprung – Spring has sprung & race season is nearly upon us, with only a few weeks to go before the big Marathon races fire the starting gun. With that in mind it’s now time to focus on improving your running speed & taper off from the

Marathon Training Going the Distance – Week 9 So this coming week is the big one & it’s all about going the distance, the 20 mile run! Here’s the training plan for the week with Sunday being the challenging day. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Week 9 Rest

Fartlek Training Since running the Brighton Marathon last year I’ve shied away from my running training, as some of you might be aware running that kind of distance the pain & aching that is involved before, during & definitely after tends to put you off doing anymore running for a while!

We’re now going to be getting into some serious distance & prep for race day so this week is all about Marathon Training Endurance.  You should have done up-to or around the Half Marathon distance (13 Miles) & now after a week of relatively light training it’s time to push yourself

Wakeboarding with Spogo. Last May I was invited by spogo to see if I would be interested in trying out some wakeboarding as well as SUP (Stand Up Paddle-board) with them. Having never tried either of these sports before so I jumped at the chance. Even more so when I

Marathon Training Week 7 Eating Right So, how is your training going – please feed back anything (good or bad) in the comments section below or via our Facebook or my twitter account. Now on to this week, week 7 – Eating Right!   Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

So we’re in Marathon Training Week 6 Half Marathon and training is now stepping up a pace & it’s time to start putting in the longer running distances. This Sunday will see the biggest challenge to date & that’s to jog a half marathon distance (13 miles or 21 km