Tag: Heartbreak Half

13 December 2015

Heartbreak Tailwind 10 race recap

I ran my last race of the year today: the Heartbreak Tailwind 10 by Race New Forest. It’s a new race this year, and about the only race I’ve seen in December that doesn’t have a festive theme (I love Santa dashes and Christmas pudding runs, but I’ve run one of them competitively!) How’s my training been? I’ve been so...

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22 February 2015

Heartbreaker Half Marathon

The first time I ran the Heartbreaker Half Marathon (14 miles) was in February 2012. The course changed slightly in 2012 to remove a downhill start and move the turnaround point, so that it is now 13.1 miles and not almost 14 miles, however, that hasn’t affected my time very much: 2012 2:16:56 2013 2:14:53 I chose not to run...

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13 February 2015

Progress towards Marafun (Half Marathon)

Until I got ill, my training for Southampton Half Marathon was going well. After being unable to run for a month because of having laser eye surgery, my parkrun times started out quite slow but have started to pick up again. I’m hoping that when I’m well, I’ll be able to run 5km in under 25 minutes again. Next weekend,...

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30 December 2014

My goals for 2015

I’ve spent the last couple of days discussing the races and events that I want to enter in 2015. Stuart is a firm believer in quality over quantity, whereas I want to enter everything! I quite enjoy doing cross-country running and usually do some of the local cross-country series (CC6) but Stu doesn’t want to risk injury; also he is...

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4 March 2013

Heartbreak and my first swimming lesson

Well, it’s been a few days since I last posted as I’ve been so busy. Heartbreak Half The big event on my birthday was the Heartbreak Half – a 14 mile race out in the New Forest that is known for its steep hills. The course had been altered slightly from last year’s route, but that didn’t make it any...

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19 February 2013

34 years and 360 days…

It was so hard to get out of bed this morning to go to Run Camp. I really wanted to have a lie in, but I also knew that it was the day of our time trial, so I forced myself to get up. If I’m ever going to fit in Ironman training, I’m going to have to give up...

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18 February 2013

Run Leading… on a bike

This evening I tried Run Leading on a bike for the first time. I thought it would be sensible to give my legs a break after yesterday’s 23 miles. It was actually quite an enjoyable experience. The hill on Southampton Common that I absolutely hate when I’m doing parkrun is much more manageable on a bike going at a runner’s...

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