18th place. 63.00 I got up at 4.30am to grab some breakfast before the race. Bagel, banana, coffee and Gatorade got me fuelled up and I was down in the lobby at 5.30am for the shuttle bus over to the NYRR headquarters. The plan was to relax there for a little while before the race but in actual fac .. Read More

This last marathon cycle didn’t go as planned as injury hampered me on the day of execution. Actually, the training cycle went really well, it was just the race itself that didn’t turn out how we planned. After pulling out of the world champs marathon with a hamstring injury I took 2 w .. Read More

  Running wise, 2011 has been a really tough year for me and it is has been made worse by a nagging injury that has forced me to pull out of the World Champs. The actual injury isn't just one thing, it's a bunch of different problems contributing to pain running through my back, glute and down .. Read More

  This weeks training gave me a good confidence boost before I head down to sea level for some heat and humidity training next week. I hit some big miles as well and running well in all my workouts. Consistency in how I feel is a good sign for me that things are really coming around and I am r .. Read More

These past 2 weeks have been going pretty well. Training has gone really smooth which is great when you are getting into the thick of the marathon training. Last week's training was mainly just marathon effort training as I was a little tired from travelling back from Japan. We didn't want to push t .. Read More

  For this week's blog I decided to write about what goes on when I go away for an international race and how my time is spent preparing and resting for the race. This weekend I raced the Sapporo International Half Marathon in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Turns out that one stupid .. Read More

I'm writing this blog from my hotel room in Peoria, Illinois where this morning I ran the Steamboat Classic 4 mile race. This was my first race back after the marathon last year and I was really happy with the result as I had a lot of speed and the race and time came very easily to me. This year was .. Read More

  These last 2 weeks have been non stop for me (hence no blog last week). In the last 2 weeks I've only spent a few days in Flagstaff so it is going to be good to just be in one place for a while now (well sort of...I have a couple of races over the next 3 weeks which will mean travelling to I .. Read More

  As I write this, I am sitting down on my couch with a very soft cushion under my rear. I just got back from a punishing but great session of active release technique (ART) to try and get my hamstring and glute feeling back to normal. I have been having 2 sessions a week since I started back .. Read More

It seems like a long time since I blogged so I guess I'll start with the London Marathon.   On the start line of the race I really didn't feel all that great. I didn't have that ready to go feeling that you get when you have timed the training just right. I wasn't worried about this as I had .. Read More

So i'll get back to the blogging over the next couple of days. I have been travelling and trying to get my body back in the right condition for training over the last few weeks but everything seems to be coming together well now and i'm looking forward to getting back onto my next phase of marathon .. Read More