Pete W's Blog 2009-13 - How did it get to 2020
Petecw29
Blog started:
Pete W's Blog 2009-13 - How did it get...
The first Virgin London Marathon on 25th April 2010 was, I think, my 19th marathon, I'm now on 21 - a journey which started with the Pony British Marathon in Bolton in August in 1981. Which I entered as a fit (cocky) young footballer who had done 3 training runs!! Yes you read that correctly 3 training runs and not surprisingly I finished in 5:05 but thinking that if I trained properly I could go quicker.
I soon learnt how to do it right, thanks to a group of runners at Oldham & Royton Harriers, the Club I still belong to and where I coach the road runners. By the following June (1982) they had me running sub 3 hours after teaching me how to train and how to race. Now I try to pass that knowledge on to others at the Club, at work and on here - you only have to ask.
My marathon times range from that 5:05 to the 2:50:25 I ran at the 1983 London marathon the third one and the 30th London saw me running 3:33 - a lot of 3s in there for some reason! Now in my 50s (56 last May) I'm not getting quicker although over the last few years I've run 3:30:05 in London 2008, 3:27:53 in Belfast 2009, 3:33:00 at 2010 VLM so fairly consistent, then I blew up at VLM 2011 with 3:48 and for 2012 I paced one of the runners I coach, running the very wet Greater Manchester Marathon in 3:45. Next target will be London 2013 as I deferred my entry for 2012.
I love running and helping runners and I'm a big fan of running Clubs, having been a member of one for over 30 years. Anyone who wants any help just ask!
Happy running!
Blog Statistics
| 1325 | Blog Posts |
| 0 | Followers |
| 5768 | Comments |
After starting the week with two double days I had an easier day on Wednesday with just one run. I ran with Debi, Mikala, Lucy and Wendy and they were on a four mile route and I added extra loops on to increase my distance to 4.43 miles.
On Thursday I r...
Well after a good week last week I've started this week with two double days and I feel like the hard work is beginning to pay off fitness wise.
Monday started with a good run at lunch with Mikala, Debi and Jo. Debi and Mikala were on the 4.2 miles rout...
After Wednesday's good double I had another double on Thursday starting with a steady four miles at lunch with Helen - nuch needed after the tough track session.
Thursday night at the club was a fartlek session which both groups were doing but over slig...
My laptop is still giving me trouble and I can only use it in safe mode!!
Having a good week of training following last week's 44 miles - did a double day Monday, an easy recovery day yesterday and another double day today.
At lunch today I ran with Mik...
Following on from Thursday's double day I had a recovery day on Friday, my rest day on Saturday and did 9 miles on Sunday. 10k of it was with Mel, Karen and Lindsey helping them increase their mileage as they train for a 10k race.
Today was another dou...
Today was another early morning run as I had meetings all day so couldn't run at lunch. I did the same 4.75 miles route that I did on Tuesday and managed to run a little faster but I still find the early morning runs hard work. This time I ran the 4.75 ...
Just an easy recovery run today and I really need it. I'm pushing myself hard for the next few weeks to regain fitness as I know this works well for me but I'll still be taking recovery days and rest days just working harder on the running days. This e...
As planned I got in work, got changed and was out running for 7:30 this morning. I set off on our 4.2 miles route then added on part of another route.
I struggled to get going as usual on an early morning run but gradually got going and did 4.75 miles i...
Started the week with a good run at lunchtime. I set off with Helen C and ran at her pace for the first 1.8 miles and then I did a longer loop and tried to catch up.
I spotted Helen as she crossed the Moor as I was headed up to the top and then had a d...
Well it's been a month since my last post and after two weeks in Rhodes soaking up the sun, food and alcohol, I've spent two weeks trying to get back some fitness.
With weeks of 35 and 40 miles it's felt like hard work and today's 5k race was tough! The...
After the Thunder run at weekend I did an easy recvoery day on Monday - still a double day though! I did 4 miles at lunch on my own and just managed to dip under 40 minutes with 39:29 and my legs felt tired for some reason.
On Monday evening at the club...
Well where do I start to describe this amazing event!!
For those who haven't heard of it Thunder Run 24 is an adidas sponsored 24 hours relay round an off road 10k course at Catton Park Farm, Derbyshire. It can be run by solo runners, pairs, teams of 3-...
Well I've had a very good double day today starting with a fast tempo run with Matt at lunch. We were running the old 4.1 miles loop that we haven't done for months and the first mile and a quarter is uphill. We set off steady as we warmed up going thr...
Today I was aching a little after last night's hill session and had a recovery run planned for lunchtime. I was joined by Mikala, Jemma, Matt and Ed for the 4.2 miles loop.
After the thunder storms this morning it was a surprise that it wasn't even rain...
A day of contrasts!
Today I set off on the lunchtime run with... no one! Just me today so I took advantage and worked out a new 5 miles route.
I started off on our 4.2 miles route that took me up the hill for over a mile to the fire station and then sta...
After Thursday's double day I finished my week with another very hot run on Friday lunchtime with Mikala covering 4.03 miles at a steady pace.
On Friday night I went out for a meal with some of the running group for Abbie's leaving do as she's off to wo...
Today was, I think, the hottest day of this heatwave so far. At lunch Jo and Jemma joined me for a 4 miles run and today it was so hot that I didn't add on any extra loops because it was too hot.
We kept up a steady pace taking any shade we could on the...
Today at lunch I was joined by Mikala, Joanne, Hannah and Andy and today seemed hotter than the other days this week. We were on the same 4 mile route as it has the most shade we can find and also gives me the chance to add in extra loops if I want more...
Finally I feel like my groin strain is beginning to heal and I can start pushing myself a bit. I don't seem to have had any reaction to last nights speedwork and I worked hard at lunch today.
I set off with Torie, who was doing the 2.56 miles route as ...
Another hot day in Halifax but I've decided to have the same attitiude to running in the sun as I do to running on snow - I'm ignoring it and just running!
I set off with Joanne and Mikala on the 4 mile route and after a steady first mile I began to pic...
Well it wasn't that long but it was hot and I really enjoyed it. For once I was on my own as I set off from near the club and ran up Broadway heading towards Shaw. As most of this first part of the route is steady climbing my splits were 9:26, 9:18, 9:0...
Took it easy today with a steady lunchtime run with Jo - a good job too as it was the hottest, muggiest (is that a word?) day so far this week! Jo has had a great week - her fastest 4 miles on Wednesday and then she beat that again on Thursday.
Today we...
Another beautiful hot day in the north today and only a few out to run at lunch - strange how numbers drop more in hot weather than in cold weather!
Jemma, Jo M and I set off for a run at lunch with Jemma on a slightly shorter route of 3.6 miles while J...
It was a cooler day in Halifax although still muggy. I had a meeting that ran on until 12:30 so I didn't get out for a run until nearly 1pm and Lucy had waited to run with me.
This was only Lucy's third run since coming back to work from maternity leave...
