Taper thoughts

I’m three weeks away from running my next marathon, the Loch Ness Marathon in Inverness, Scotland. This will be my 23rd marathon, and I’ve just wrapped up the crazy training with my taper ahead of me. Taper is traditionally my favourite part of marathon training – well, second to running the actual race itself. It…

Weekly workout wrap up – 18 October 2015

With one week (ONE!) to go until marathon day, my runs are getting shorter to allow my body time to rest and recover so I am in the best possible shape on race day. It’s stupidly hot in Cayman, even well into October, with ‘real feel’ temps still above 100-degrees during the day. Which of…

Dear Taper Diary…part 1

I am officially nearing the end of my taper, the time when I have put in the bulk of the effort and could then lighten the training to ensure I was in top physical form for the marathon. From all those who have gone down this marathon path before, I knew that I would develop…