Posts Tagged ‘Leeds 10K’
Posted in training
Tags: Great North Run 2009, Leeds 10K
The last time I blogged I mentioned that I would be able to walk the Leeds 10K. Well, I decided that I wouldn’t be able to do that and that it would be a better idea to give another two weeks of total rest. The team at the Leeds 10K have even allowed me to defer my place until 2010. What nice people 
I think that decision has paid off. I did a 2-mile “trial run” on Sunday and felt much better. There was the occasional twinge from my original injury (a pulled muscle) initially, but once I got going, it disappeared.
So on Monday I decided to restart my training for the Great North Run 2009. I’m using a deliberately slow, easy training program in order to gradually build up my strength again – I’m definitely not going to risk letting this injury happen again.
Posted July 5th, 2009 by Simon
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Posted in Scarborough
Tags: Dublin Marathon 2008, Edinburgh Marathon 2008, Great North Run, Leeds 10K, Yorkshire Three Peaks
The Edinburgh Marathon two weeks ago marked a year since my first marathon. I’ve been running a lot longer than a year (I started training for Edinburgh 2008 in July 2007), but I feel like I didn’t become a “proper” runner until I completed that, my first event.
Since then I’ve run three marathons, done the Leeds 10K and even completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks in under 12 hours. I think that’s quite an amazing achievement. However, this anniversary has gone by almost unmarked because that Three Peaks attempt left me with an injury which has stopped me from running for the last four weeks, which I’ve been really unhappy about.
It’s getting better now though, but I won’t be able to run Leeds this year (though I will be able to walk it – hopefully) and my plans to set a PB in this years’ Great North Run are also under threat.
I can’t wait to start running again and when I do, I’ll allow myself to reflect on my achievements. At the moment though, this part of my life is on hold.
Posted June 16th, 2009 by Simon
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Posted in Dublin Marathon, Leeds 10K, Scarborough, The Three Peaks, marathon, training
Tags: Dublin Marathon 2009, Leeds 10K, The Three Peaks
I’ve just received an email from the Dublin Marathon 2009 newsletter with title “Start training for your marathon attempt now!”. After running three marathons in less than a year, I’m feeling a little worn out. I was hoping for a little bit more time to enjoy running for it’s own sake.
I’ve been in near-continuous training for nearly eighteen months now, with the odd few weeks resting here and there after each marathon. So after Paris I wanted to really relax and recover and not actually train for anything. I’m not saying I don’t want to go running anymore – I just didn’t want to start training for another event so soon.
Unfortunately my Three Peaks attempt has put paid to that somewhat. It’s only four weeks away and requires it’s own level of training (walking the equivalent of a marathon over three of Yorkshire’s highest peaks). However, I’ve already committed to it and I don’t intend to renege on this promise.
If I started training for Dublin now, that would give me (roughly) six months to train. Considering that I’ve run several marathons before I think this is more than enough time for me. In fact, I’m even willing to gamble and not start marathon training until the end of May. Training for the Leeds 10K (on June 21st) will be in full swing by then anyway, so I hope I’ll be more rested and be back into that competitive running frame of mind by then.
Posted May 1st, 2009 by Simon
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Posted in North Bay, Paris Marathon, Scarborough, marathon, non-linear periodisation, training
Tags: 2009, Christmas, cold, Dublin Marathon, Great North Run, holiday, holidays, ill, Leeds 10K, New Year, Paris Marathon 2009, training
OK, so it may be a bit late for that, but I’ve been on holiday for the past couple of weeks and this is the first chance I’ve had to update my blog.
I think this is a good point to update you with what my running-related plans are for this year. Training is well under way for the Paris Marathon, which I’ve been accepted into.
After that, there’s the Leeds 10k in June, which I’ve also applied for. I don’t know if I’ve got in yet, but since I ran last year I’m not worried about not getting a place.
Then there’s a gap over the rest of summer until September, when I hope to be running in the Great North Run. This is the world’s largest half-marathon, so places are assigned via a ballot system.
Finally, my last major run of 2009 will the Dublin Marathon (again). I really enjoyed running it last year, so I applied for this years’ run almost as soon as entries opened.
Unfortunately, I managed to pick up a cold between getting on the plane over there at the end of my holiday and getting off over here. I was seriously annoyed, but I’ve got over the worst of it now. Nevertheless, I didn’t want it to get in the way of my Paris Marathon training, so on Saturday I went out for my first run of 2009.
The usual advice is not to run whilst ill, however, it can actually be beneficial to do a short run if you have a cold, because it helps the clear the airways (Disclaimer: Don’t go running if you have a cold with a fever or chesty cough). There was a lot of sniffling going on, which was annoying, but I was pleasantly surprised by the fact I didn’t need to put too much effort in, nor did I feel really tired by the end of it. Probably the opposite in fact.
I was worried I might have lost a lot of fitness over Christmas, but it looks like I needn’t have bothered, as those three weeks of training before my Christmas holiday appeared to have paid off.
Posted January 29th, 2009 by Simon
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Posted in Leeds 10K
Tags: exhaustion, Leeds, Leeds 10K
From here on in the run was fairly standard. I was expecting the field to thin out a little the further up the pack I moved, but with approximately 11,000 runners competing, there was sign of this happening. I had deliberately tried to keep to a natural pace and not go too fast. After I rounded the turning point at Claremont Crescent, about half a kilometre after the halfway point, I decided to really let my legs open up and start running, rather than jogging.
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Posted June 25th, 2008 by Simon
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Posted in Leeds 10K
Tags: Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds, Leeds 10K
A long time ago, it feels like now, I applied for the London Marathon. Then I applied for the Leeds 10k as well. Unfortunately, I didn’t get in to the London Marathon and ran the Edinburgh Marathon instead. however, this only left three weeks to recover and train again for the Leeds 10k. Which is what brought me to Leeds city centre yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted June 25th, 2008 by Simon
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Posted in Dublin Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds 10K, marathon, training
Tags: Dublin Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds 10K, recovery, training
After the marathon I took a couple of days of to recover and to regroup. For the rest of that week, I was on a high. I was surprised by how soon I recovered. Within three days of the event my muscles had stopped aching and I didn’t feel overly tired or exhausted at all. One of the decisions I made that week was to run another marathon. I couldn’t start training immediately for one, however, because I had already committed to running in another event.
So the focus has switched to my next fundraising event: the Leeds 10k. I applied for this before I applied for the London Marathon and before I had even heard of the Edinburgh Marathon (I ran in Edinburgh because I couldn’t get into London). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted June 12th, 2008 by Simon
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