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.
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I had all kinds of grand plans to ‘get ahead’ with my London Marathon training but it just hasn’t happened (unless you count a feeble test run the other week).
Today though, today I made another step....the training plan has been printed out. This plan...
When we last saw our intrepid, tubby hero he’d signed up for the London Marathon 2020 but then, BANG! Covid! 2 postponements of the race led to me walking the virtual race in October 2020 which er, wasn’t quite the same.
Well, since then I’ve been main...
Well that's it. My 6th 'London' Marathon is in the bag and the medal is in the post. As I sit here licking my numerous wounds, it is without the recollection of the atmosphere, the sights & sounds and the emotions that a supportive London crowd brin...
**** just got real!
The tracker app and race number for my virtual London Marathon has just landed and in a little over 3 days I have to move my lard ass 26.2 miles with no car! If you can spare some pennies for my charity, Muscular Dystrophy U.K. ...
Hey Runsters!
Long time, no speak. Turbulent times in the running world (as I’m sure you’re aware) and the London Marathon is no longer happening for us fun runners.
I was however given the option to complete the ‘marathon’ virtually and that’s exac...
A very wet-warm, warm-wet, wet-warm run today with (very welcome) heavy showers cooling my hot ‘n’ humid shuffle.
Plagued with lethargy & back ache this wasn’t my most convincing run but with temperature high & humidity over 70% I’m just happy ...
Well the hottest day of the year arrived and after a day of parenting, homeschooling & manual labour outside I sensed the impetus to get out for my planned run slipping away.
However as I sat in the garden gazing at the sky (looking in vain for a...
Well, Hugh Brasher (son of the London Marathon's co-founder) has spoken:
https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/news-media/latest-news/item/a-message-from-hugh-brasher/index.html
Despite 2020 races being cancelled left, right & centre Hugh sa...
Today should’ve been the 40th London Marathon and for the first time in a decade I’m not there to take part or spectate.
Despite this (and with a splinter of glass in my foot from a freak Pimm’s accident) I donned my charity t-shirt and went for a ru...
Outbreak!
Hey runsters!
We're living in unprecedented times, including the unprecedented use of the word unprecedented. No surprise then, that the London Marathon comittee has taken the unprecedented step of postponing this year's race until 4th Octob...
After a disjointed few weeks training due to calf muscle and foot problems, today was my first run back ‘on the horse’. It was also my longest non stop run for 16 days.
It was a relatively positive run but I do still feel that my right calf is weak. ...
Hey Runsters!
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Fresh off the triumph of the Oulton Park 20 miler I must now face the aftermath; yin & yang at its best.
My calf has been playing up anyway and during ...
Oulton Park 20 Mile Race Report
The last time I lapped Oulton Park race circuit I was driving a Jaguar I-Pace at speeds well in excess of 100 mph. Yesterday I returned to cover the distance on foot and was MUCH slower. Additionally, the hills on the ...
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Hey Runsters!
I awoke from a very broken night’s sleep with the mother of all pre-run anxiety weighing heavy on my shoulders. As I stepped out of the door I was at borderlin...
Bonsoir!
Just checking in to let y’all know that I’m still plugging away in the background although I have been a bit lax of late. My freelance career (unemployment by another name) has been a bit quiet so I’ve taken a 3 week 9-5 booking in Manchester ...
‘Give us your f***ing money’
Using the words Bob Geldof famously didn't say and now that (one of) the big runs is out of the way, it's time to turn to you good folk of the running community for help. Put more politely, I want the contents of your walle...
Boom!
Hey Runsters!
A big day for me yesterday as my followers on Insta will know (@tubbyrunster). I had a score to settle with my demons, the self same demons that prevented me running my planned 10 miler two weeks ago.
The day started badly, waki...
Still here?
If you are, thank you for bearing with me and a Happy 2020 to all of my blog readers.
I can only apologise for my lack of posting (the reasons for which will become apparent) but as you can see from the above pic (Merry New Year!) I have...
How are we all? It's been a while!
I've been quietly plugging away in the background ticking off the runs on my training plan. I'm proud to say that I haven't missed one yet, despite being up against dreadful weather and a lack of motivation so yeah......
A 6 mile ‘long’ training run for the Marathon this morning. It started off cold, blustery & wet but came good in the end. The icing on the cake was when ‘Gonna Fly Now’ from Rocky started playing and I was practically running up the steps of Philide...
Hey Runsters!
This morning I woke up to treacherously icy pavements, a painful bad back & tight calf muscles. Today then, with my longest training run of the year planned, the post that follows should be one of failure....but it’s not.
By the ti...
No, your eyes don’t deceive you, that’s the sun rising and I’ve already been for a run.
Having had to dispatch my wife and elder, taller, shoutier daughter to the airport at half past stupid o’clock this morning I thought I’d take advantage of the si...
And so it begins...my 23 week marathon training plan started yesterday with a rest day (which I absolutely nailed). However, the first run proper was a 3 miler this evening and with temperatures a polar bear would be miffed at I did NOT want to go out.
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That's the sound of a milestone being reached!
It's about six weeks since I tentatively rekindled my running career, shaky at first, like Bambi on ice. I've known since those tentative first steps on the ladder what I needed to do....although I've dare...
