Yesterday I went along to the launch of the new Timex product range, to discover what their plans are for the the Virgin London Marathon on 25th April.
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The Alternative 2010 Marathon Guide
December 23rd, 2009 by Alex Richards | Comment
Here is Ransacker’s selected guide to some alternative places to pound the streets in 2010
Countdown to London – It’s Over! The Postmortem
April 28th, 2009 by A Plodders Diary | 1 Comment
After months of training, days of pasta-eating, and hours of queuing for the toilets, 35,000 of us lined up on the heath in southeast London to start the 14th and final Flora London Marathon. From next year the event’s main sponsor will be Virgin, although this year was already, as the airline’s advert goes, ‘Still [...]
Liz Yelling offers some last minute tips for the FLM
April 24th, 2009 by Kirk Dodds | Comment
It was with great pleasure that yesterday, I managed to speak to one of the greatest distance runners in the UK. Liz Yelling has quite literally been there, done it and got the t-shirt. She completed the 2008 London marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 33 seconds finishing in thirteenth [...]
Countdown to London – Trust the taper!
April 24th, 2009 by A Plodders Diary | CommentThe title for this week’s post comes from an article I read in Runner’s World magazine, when I hadn’t yet begun the tapering phase of my training programme and scoffed at the idea that a decrease in training could be hard to cope with. After battling through the middle section where I had to face [...]
Count down to London: Test Runs
April 19th, 2009 by A Plodders Diary | 2 Comments
This week I have been doing more practise of my running prep for the big race. The early-morning bucket of porridge and banana prior to long runs has been part of my training for months now, but this weekend I decided to also try out the gear I was planning to wear for the real [...]
Follow Your Mates From Your Mobile!
April 16th, 2009 by Ransacker | Comment
adidas has created a neat service for your mobile that will allow you to track runners in this years London Marathon. The plan is that by knowing exactly where your friends and family are at any point you can get in place to cheer them at various locations throughout the race.
All you need to do [...]
Countdown to London: Marathon Obsessed!
April 10th, 2009 by A Plodders Diary | 1 Comment
Less than a month until the big day, and the marathon is officially taking over my life. Even when I’m not awake it is haunting me. This Sunday was the last long run in my training plan and in the early hours of the morning I woke up in a cold sweat in the middle [...]
Countdown to London – Full of Beans!
April 4th, 2009 by A Plodders Diary | 1 CommentThese last few weeks before the marathon are key not only for building up your mileage, but also for practising with things you might want to use to get you round on the day. I am mainly talking about nutrition, although there may also be clothing, pouches/carriers, and mental tricks to consider rehearsing with. Some [...]
