Rularuns Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 6 After my dropback week, last week, I thought I was looking forward to getting going again for week 6 of the Berlin Marathon Training. Well, that was until I needed to actually run. I felt VERY tired during my drop-back week but hoped that after a lighter week, I would feel refreshed. That just didn’t […] This post Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 6 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 4 & 5 Berlin Marathon Training, week 4 has been a little bit of a rollercoaster of emotions. At the beginning of the week, I started to think about whether going to Berlin was the correct thing to do. My work has been erratic the last few months, so money isn’t exactly overflowing at the moment. Then there […] This post Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 4 & 5 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 3 Well, we all knew that the 100% completion rate of sessions would fail at some point. AND the Berlin Marathon Training -Week THREE was the week! In true runner style, the strength sessions were the ones to go! Working and family life meant I didn’t make the time to fit it all in. I am […] This post Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 3 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 2 This Berlin Marathon training week 2 was a little ‘back to reality’. Marathon training is tough, but adding work and life to it makes it a little tougher. As I have been in the process of changing jobs, the first training week (read about it here) I wasn’t working. So ticking each session off wasn’t […] This post Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 2 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 1 I can’t quite believe that I am starting my third marathon training cycle of 2024. I never intended to run three marathons in one year, it just sort of happened! So Tokyo Marathon was always a goal as completing my six-star journey is my BIG goal. But when I entered the ballot I was rejected. […] This post Berlin Marathon Training 2024 – Week 1 first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

Rularuns Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon 2024 – Race Recap In the weeks leading up to the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon 2024, I had considered withdrawing from the event MANY times. In brief, life has been a little tough of late, after leaving my job (which I had to do to be able to go to run the Tokyo Marathon) things didn’t quite work out […] This post Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon 2024 – Race Recap first appeared on Rularuns ..read more

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