How to Find Your Marathon Pace and Actually Run It on Race Day
It’s mile 18. You were absolutely flying at mile 8. You high-fived a stranger. You mentally rewrote your Strava caption. Then somewhere around the half-way timing mat, your legs filed…
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What to Eat Before a Marathon: The No-Nonsense Guide to Fuelling Up Without Blowing Up
It’s 5:30am on race morning. The alarm has gone off. It’s doing that thing where it’s not quite raining but the sky is doing its best impression of a wet…
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Marathon Taper: How to Survive the Maddest Three Weeks in Running
It’s two weeks before your marathon. You’ve done the big miles. You’ve earned the Sunday long runs, the 5am rain alarms, the black toenails, the chafing in places you’d rather…
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Marathon Recovery: Surviving the Staircase of Doom
You crossed the finish line. You cried a bit (no judgement). Someone wrapped a foil blanket around you like a sad, sweaty baked potato. You got the medal, the photo,…
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Marathon Training Confidence: Regain It Before Race Day
Let’s talk about marathon training confidence. Or more accurately, the slow crumbling of it somewhere around week 9 when your Sunday Long Run feels like a hostage situation and your…
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How to Taper for a Marathon: 2-3 Week London Marathon Plan
Tapering is the final and most misunderstood part of marathon training. You’ve spent months grinding out long runs in sideways rain, questioning your life choices on treadmill sessions, and convincing…
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How to Avoid Hitting the Wall in a Marathon (London Marathon Strategy)
Running a marathon is as much about brain as it is about brawn. Every runner knows the dread of “hitting the wall” – that moment when legs turn to lead…
