Training Log for Week 48 of 2018
Last week’s training log ended with me running while not feeling good on Sunday, and asking the question how bad the punishment for doing so would be.
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Marathons, Marathons and More Marathons This Weekend
Yuma Hattori became the first Japanese man to claim first place in the Fukuoka Marathon since 2004, as he won the race this morning in 2:07:27, a two-minute improvement of his old personal best.
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Running Highlights From Strava’s 2018 Year in Sport
Strava’s annual “Year in Sports” report is out. The 37-page summary of what Strava’s members were up to throughout the year contains a number of interesting tidbits.
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Win a Polar Vantage M!
In keeping with the season, I am feeling generous and want to give the awesome Run161 readers a chance to win an extra Christmas gift this year.
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Training Log for Week 47 of 2018
After finishing this week, I would only be one week away from starting the 18-week marathon training plan to get me ready for my next marathon. It was therefore quite important for me to get
Read moreTurkey Trots and National Records Grab the Headlines
King Ches is Back and Breaking Records Ed Cheserek, the Kenyan currently residing in Flagstaff, Arizona, US, broke both Paul Chelimo and the Course Record when he ran the Manchester Road Race earlier this week.
Read moreTraining Log for Week 46 of 2018
Finally, a week that went more or less according to plan. With 110 kilometres (69 miles) and 1055 meters (3461 feet) of elevation gain across 8 hours and 56 minutes of running for the week,
Read moreJoshua Cheptegei Breaks 15k World Best and More Road Racing News
Cheptegei Sets New 15km World Best 22-year-old Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda set a new world best time in the 15 km (not an “official world record distance”) this morning when he ran 41:05 in Nijmegen
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Having bounced back from the illness that derailed the first half of my previous week of training, I was looking to get a solid week under my belt here. I ended up running a total
Read moreTraining Log for Week 44 of 2018
After a week of complete rest, I was really getting ready to go once this week rolled around. I finished my training plan for the next 23 weeks over the weekend and was ready to
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