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4 Week Half Marathon Training Plan
It’s the Great Scottish Run in 4 weeks time (6th October), where thousands of people will run a 10k and half marathon as part of the big event in Glasgow. Someone in work was asking if I thought he could … Continue reading
Posted in Training Plans
Tagged 10k, 4 week, glasgow, great scottish run, GSR, half marathon, training plan
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Half Marathon Strategy
The following text is adapted from The Competitive Runner’s Handbook by Bob and Shelly Glover. If you buy ONE running book in your life… buy it. It has the answer to any question I’ve ever had about running, everything from … Continue reading
Chicago Half Marathon Race Certificate
The clever little people who organised the Chicago Half Marathon have provided a ‘virtual race certificate’ via their website. To get one, you go here: http://certificates.simmcodatasystems.com/index.php?event_id=119 Then enter your race number (1926 for me) and your name. 🙂 You can … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, certificate, chicago, half marathon, placed, run
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The night before the Great Scottish Run :-)
I’m ready. Ready for the Great Scottish Run and ready to fly out to Chicago on Monday. I’ve got all my race stuff out ready and have packed my bags for the holiday. I’ve got a really busy day ahead … Continue reading
Wk31 – 12M Half Marathon training with Katrina
Thursday night- long run night again. With just over 3 weeks to go until the Great Scottish run, it was another recce of the route for me. 12 miles this time with someone I’d offered to take around the route. … Continue reading
12.1M Half Marathon training route
I’ve done a 12.1 mile training route which covers the majority of the GSR Half Marathon route. I’ll be doing it on Thursday night with a few others who are keen to try out the route. The only part that … Continue reading
Wk 30 Popular Search Engine Terms #2
Here are what people have been searching on to get to this blog this week: how many weeks so far this year 2011 We are in week 31 (although I missed a week somewhere so I’m on 30) Here’s a … Continue reading
Wk29 – 11.7M Half Marathon training
Thursday night my new long run night and it went really well for me: another good practice at running (11.7 miles of) the Great Scottish Run half marathon route. The weather forecast in the morning was for rain overnight between … Continue reading
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Tagged drizzle, eglington, gorbals, great scottish run, GSR, half marathon, rain, run, training
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