Rularuns Tokyo Marathon 2024 – Race Recap Well,  I’m sat on the plane on the way home from the Tokyo Marathon 2024 and what better time to relive the whole experience? I can honestly say that I was a bit hit or miss with this marathon. For so long I didn’t know if I would actually make it to the start line. […] This post Tokyo Marathon 2024 – Race Recap first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 13 & 14 Finally I have made it to Tokyo Marathon Training taper time! My final long run went okay and I am hoping I have done enough! This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 13 & 14 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 12 These training weeks seem to be flying past. I can not quite believe that I have just completed Tokyo Marathon training week 12! This week’s long run humbled me and reminded me just how far a marathon is! It’s a LONG way. For the first time, I wrote in the weekly round-up last week,  that […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 12 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 11 Tokyo Marathon Training week 11 didn’t quite go to plan. Well it did and it didn’t. The plan was for a de-load week and illness struck. In some ways this was the perfect time for illness, but it just meant that I de-loaded a little more than I expected too. I started to get a […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 11 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 9 & 10 Tokyo Marathon Training Week 9 The business end of Tokyo Marathon training has arrived! The miles are long, the juggle is constant and the tiredness is REAL! The miles are being banked and the marathon seems to be approaching quickly. It’s about this time that I feel like I need more time, but simultaneously can’t […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 9 & 10 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 8 Wooo, we’re halfway there! Please tell me you sang that first line! Week 8 of Tokyo Marathon Training (although I wrote in my Instagram post it was week 9 yesterday!??‍♀️) has been all about events. Marathon training can be a lonely place, but this week I have not completed any run solo and have racked […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Week 8 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Wk 6 & 7 How is it possible that Christmas is over already?!! We seem to plan for it for months on end and then you blink and it’s over! I hope that you had a great Christmas. I don’t think I have ever trained for a marathon over the festive season, so my mindset was important. I needed […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Wk 6 & 7 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Wk 4 & 5 Training for the Tokyo Marathon has continued, but life has been hectic. Last week, I didn’t make time to blog, so here is a round-up of both weeks. Things have still felt very hectic and the work situation hasn’t been easy. I finally got a response to my resignation saying that they would NOT release […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Wk 4 & 5 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training – Wk 3 Let’s start with the positive. I confirmed and paid for my Tokyo Marathon place for 2024. That is very exciting! The less exciting news is that on Monday, my work said that I could not have the time off to go to Tokyo! Dilemma! Tuesday I handed in my resignation. This may seem very dramatic […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training – Wk 3 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Tokyo Marathon Training 2024 – Week 2 Well, I’d love to say that the Tokyo Marathon was confirmed and it was GO GO GO! But I’m still not 100% sure. I feel like I am much closer than I was this time last week, but in terms of time and having everything in place to allow it to happen, it’s not quite […] This post Tokyo Marathon Training 2024 – Week 2 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more