by Cat Townsend | Oct 22, 2014 | All, Running
You might not have noticed, but I’m getting a tad excited… I’ve run marathons before. But this is a marathon that is about so much more than a marathon. It’s driven me insane. It’s driven you insane. It is insane. But it has also been...
by Cat Townsend | Oct 21, 2014 | All, Running
Oh my goodness. It’s getting close. And the thing about tapering is that I can’t even run off my nervous energy. Hip circles and stretching may be important, but they leave a lot of time for anxious contemplation. Can I do this? Yes. Will I do this? If I...
by Cat Townsend | Oct 20, 2014 | All, Running
Something about the difficulty I had getting out of bed this morning, makes me think that “comfortable” probably wasn’t the right word to describe yesterday’s half-marathon effort. Perhaps the reason I haven’t felt stiff after recent long...
by Cat Townsend | Oct 19, 2014 | All, Running
Putney half-marathon this morning finished in a fairly comfortable 1hr 52mins. It’s not quite as easy as doubling that time to say I’ll hit a sub-four marathon, but I certainly had a lot more left in the tank than the people around me. It felt good to...
by Cat Townsend | Oct 18, 2014 | All, Running
Not much to report today… a very light run, plus a bit of prep for a practice half-marathon in the morning. Getting close! Thought this article in the Guardian today by Emma Brockes was appropriate though. Hopefully people feeling like this have already figured...
by Cat Townsend | Oct 17, 2014 | All, Running
As the marathon gets closer I feel like an expectant mother – not sure if she’s quite ready for what is about to happen, but after so many months ready for it just to bloody well happen already. I’m sure you guys can relate to at least the latter of...
