Sustrans cycle trail 10 mile race, Tuesday 4th July, 10 miles, 29/52 miles This race was the only race of the whole week that I thought it might be possible to get a PB in. But I was still really unsure. I last ran a 10 mile race in December 2014 and finished in 1.30.47…
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Liverpool rock n roll marathon
Oh my god, what an AMAZING day yesterday was! I had been so ridiculously nervous all the way through my taper but somehow everything just came together on the day. It was ridiculously hot and with a 10am start, it was already about 20 degrees by the time we started. I made my way to…
Taper time!
Ah thank god it is taper time. 2 weeks today I will have finished my 3rd (technically second…) marathon. You may have seen on the news about a lot of courses in the North West being measured short – the biggest one of these being the Manchester marathon from 2012-2015 being 380m short. I had…
Liverpool Spring 10k
Last weekend it was the Liverpool Spring 10k (in some not very spring like conditions). I ran this race once in it’s previous incarnation as the Liverpool Women’s 10k in 2012. It’s good because it is right on my door stop in Sefton Park so I can literally walk to the start line. I marshalled…
6 weeks until marathon day
Well, it’s been a while. It’s now 6 weeks to go until race day and training has been the usual yo-yo that marathon training can be! Training throughout March went really well. I ran 120 miles in total, including a 19 miler. However, I was a bit cocky with the 19 miler and ran it…
Mad Dog 10k
I mentioned in my last post that I ran my first road race of the year at the Mad Dog 10k in Southport on the 7th February. I ran this race in 2014 whilst I was training for my first marathon (and before I’d joined Penny Lane Striders), so I thought I would return this…
MoRunners 10k
I finally did it! I finally got a 10k pb! I have really struggled with 10ks over the last 12 months and until today my 53.22 PB stood since July 2014. I’d PB-ed over every other distance in the last year but progressively got slower and slower in the 3 10k races I did over the…
Greater Manchester Marathon – the difficult second marathon
Oh boy. Marathon number 2 was a toughie. I was feeling quietly confident about my training. Everything seemed to be going so well. Until my taper. I didn’t get injured or anything drastic, but it felt like everything was conspiring against my sub 4.30 attempt. First, forgetting my sports bra on holiday in Belgium didn’t…
Women’s Running 10k Sefton Park
Yesterday I ran my first 10k race since the marathon. It was right on my door step and a women’s only race, so I was eyeing up a new PB. My current PB was 54.51 from the Mad Dog 10k in February, but the heat we’ve been experiencing recently made me wonder whether it’d be…
C’mon Penny Lane! – joining a running club
Yesterday I did my first race wearing my new club vest, Penny Lane Striders. It was a proud moment for me and my running friend Holly! We knew each other through mutual friends but bonded when we joined a beginners running group 18 months ago. Since then we have grown as runners through this groups…
Running up those hills 