Hi all,
I may have sneakily (& rather naughtily) run the Budapest 30km section of the marathon a few weeks ago! Read more
Category: marathon
(Member blog post) Just follow the blue lines…
… for 26 miles, 38 yards. What could be simpler?
My third LM and the first flying club class, courtesy of the TV Times/Leukaemia Research team. Didn’t make the running any easier, of course, but at least I’ll be able to tell the grandchildren I once shared a tent with Sir Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell – and Joe Pasquale. Read more
(Member blog post) Ariiiiiiiiiiibbbaaaa!! Maraton de Madrid!
Check out my time & I’ve barely raised a sweat!
First off, huge big congrats to all the VLM runners – fantastic stuff!! I was thinking of you all starting as I was into the first hour of my run!
(Runner blog post) VLM 2011 – A race of two halves!
A brief reflection on my VLM 2011 experience. Under cloudy skies it started broadly to plan and I was going pretty well, taking in the atmosphere from the phenomenal crowds and encouraged by frequent chants of StevOOOO!! At c.8.5 miles Anthony did very well to recognise my apparently familiar “chuff-chuff” before he saw me alongside! – a fumbled handshake and on we separately went … Read more
(Runner blog post) VLM 17/4/11
Hi all, thanks so much for all the support and messages re yesterday’s VLM. Just got access to the blog and thought I’d quickly post a shot of a couple of knackered, relieved but v. pleased finishers! Read more
London Marathon 2011
It’s London Marathon Day, so the cheering squad were out in force to encourage our valiant competitors 🙂 (Plus Janie, Celia and Mrs Steve!) 
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Good luck for tomorrow
Good luck to everyone running tomorrow. Look out for the banner below (based on the design for last year), which we will be waving at miles 14 and 21. Read more
Clapham Runners Marathon training schedule courtesy of Jon Munroe
Target times are for 4:00 to 4:30 – Run faster or slower by 5-10% where appropriate to suit your target time Read more
(Runner blog post) A different take on Marathon training
I came across this article via the US Runners World group on Facebook and am sharing it as it seems to chime with what Jon says to us and how he trains us.
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244-255-13791-0,00.html
Obviously, it’s written by a 2’40” runner, but the point is well made that it can apply to us mere mortals too.
Could be the way forward for VLM 2011….
Happy New Year to all!
Anthony
brief digest: optimising your marathon training
Last Tuesday a few of us went along to hear about how we might optimise our Marathon training, hosted by Balance Physiotherapy. It was a pretty interesting evening, and I think each of us took away at least one new thing to think about when we train, even if we’re not all looking at marathons in 2011. Below I’ve used my (annoyingly incomplete) notes to summarise some of the main points of both lectures. Some will be more interesting/useful/relevant than others, but I hope they have been recorded faithfully and may be one or two of some interest to you. Read more
Clapham Runners 