The Tubby Runster - The Road To London 2021
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The Tubby Runster - The Road To London 2021
Do you like tubby blokes? Do you like tubby, middle aged running blokes? Do you like watching people suffer?
If you can answer yes to all of those questions, this could be the blog for you. After an injury at the London Marathon 2015 (and the subsequent struggle to reach the finish) saw me retire from running after 5 marathons, 2019 has seen me sign up to do it all again.
Am I stupid? Will I triumph or will I fail? **** knows, but I'll record the whole car crash here for your delight. Come along for the ride and follow me on Insta (@tubbyrunster) to see how it all pans out.
#vlm2020 #londonmarathon #marathontraining #tubbyrunster #teamorange
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London Marathon number 7 is in the bag (made up of 6 in London and 1 ran virtually).
But wow, what an emotional rollercoaster of a weekend! A trapped nerve (I think?) saw me barely able to walk on the Saturday after a week of back problems and I didn’t...
London Marathon race day is upon me, the nerves are crushing, the smell of deep heat is overwhelming but I’ll be heading to the start line to give it my best shot. I’m not 100% fit so what that best shot will be is in the lap of the gods.
A heartfelt...
Hey Runsters!
They think it’s all over….it is now! With this leisurely 3.4 mile jog I declare my @londonmarathon 2021 training officially over. I won’t now run another step in anger until I line up at the start in Greenwich Park on Sunday, I can now do...
Almost two years ago, in October 2019 I agreed to run another (final?) London Marathon to support a friend.
Today, pint in hand (a fruity IPA since you ask), I marked the end of this long, sweaty training journey with an unseasonably warm 8.5 mil...
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When we last saw our intrepid runster he had been struggling to get back on the horse after holidays and new working commitments had driven a stake through the heart of his marathon training schedule.
Yesterday though, with just two wee...
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After the success of my 19 miler a couple of weeks ago I’d like to tell you that I’d built on that success…..but I can’t, so I won’t.
For many reasons (not least that I have a new job working the same hours as Dolly Parton) I haven’t don...
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The day: Saturday. The target: 18 miles.
Off the back of a week’s break with family and with cake & coffee very much oozing from every pore I can’t pretend I wasn’t a little apprehensive about this one.
I was very nervous and my f...
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A rare midweek update during my break away in London (we’re staying in the U.K. because Covid has f*cked up our overseas travel plans, but I digress).
I have done nothing but eat and drink since Saturday’s long run….however, having a...
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Just 7(!) weeks to go until I’m let loose in London so another looooong training run to build the stamina yesterday. My target was a distance of 18 miles but I suffered a comedy of technological errors. My iPhone decided that it didn’t kn...
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Today marks a mere 8 weeks until the London Marathon and my weekend long run distances are now hitting me like a freight train.
I put in a full week’s training this week; no ifs, buts or maybes and this concluded today with my loooooong...
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After a week of running (seemingly) on the surface of the sun I was grateful to have my prayers answered and get a reduction in temperature (and humidity) for today’s long run.
A heady distance requirement of 17 miles was being demanded ...
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I’ve been a bit lax after the success of my ‘Bon Jovi’ half way there run a few weeks ago. Busy with work, social life and a toe injury (that may or may not have been alcohol related) have all played their part. Today though, in 30 degree...
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As ageing rocker Jon Bon Jovi would say; ‘Woooah! We’re half way there’!
A half marathon slowly but surely smashed out of the park for me yesterday and I’m as proud as punch with my progress. I don’t often stop to congratulate myself b...
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With heavy cloud cover and even some light drizzle this morning I could be forgiven for my assumption that today’s run would be cooler. Not a bit of it though. I’m sat here in recovery sweating like Boris Johnson in receipt of a CSA let...
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With soap opera-esque private life issues to contend with recently I’ve struggled with the plate spinning of life and I have to confess I let the running plate smash on the floor, choosing to miss last weekend’s long run. Quite an import...
I don’t know if it was the heat, the humidity, a lack of water or plain old running anxiety but I just wasn’t feeling it today. It took me a good couple of miles and walk breaks to get into my rhythm but once there I plodded along and hit my target: so ...
The British summer has landed.
With the temp already at 20°C / 68°F (and rising) when I set off on Sunday and with Saturday’s beers laying heavy inside me I wasn’t really looking forward to my scheduled long run. BUT I smashed my targets with plenty of...
Back to it yesterday and with the heat rising I have to say that I was dreading the run but with temperatures set to rise further I’m just gonna have to pull on my big boy pants and get on with it. Despite sweating like Matt Hancock on GMB I managed a...
Due to work and other commitments I’ve had to bring my weekend ‘long’ run forward this week. That said, being a rest week means that my long run wasn’t that long at all.
I was scheduled to run 5 miles but fell short at 4.5 because despite the clouds i...
G’day Runsters,
My Sunday started with me applying Vaseline to my body, some of it in unspeakable areas. This means two things, a) my London Marathon training distances are increasing and b) I’m too curvy to run those distances without chub rub.
Tha...
Boom! My recent hard work has paid off and over the course of a month or so I’ve steadily built up my distance to the point where I can (almost) jog 10k. This is a significant distance as these are the blocks from which I can build my marathon. Just g...
Today is the day, the start of my London Marathon training 2021! A slow and steady 5km to get the ball rolling and a big tick on my training plan which now has pride of place on the kitchen wall. Let the games commence, you can watch the horror unfold...
Bolstered by last week's running success I was back at it this morning before the heat became too much (the rarest of British problems). This was my second pre-training plan run and as it was such a nice day I pushed the envelope a little further. Not...
When we last saw our intrepid tubby fella he had boldly printed out a marathon training plan without a thought for his own personal safety. That's the kind of guy he is.
With all kinds of bluster about 'getting ahead' before the training plan starts on...
