Tom's Blog

You know you're in marathon training when a 20km MLR feels like a recovery run.  Out in the dark once again (can't wait for daylight...

AM:  out at sparrows fart in the pitch black to meet Lewis, Erika, Darren, Jamie, Emma (she's back!) and Dicky for a short sharp session...

Easy hour in the afternoon before watching Maggie's soccer.  Felt a gazillion times better than yesterday.  Took Voltaren last night whi...

38.4km with Macca, Lewis and Hamish.  Felt sore from the off and it was a real struggle today.  I think yesterday's hard 5km slightly de...

Had a few too many red wines at the neighbours last night so Parkrun was out of the picture.  Got out mid-afternoon and didn't have long...

8km very easy in the am to Shelley Beach before meeting the family for some brekkie. 123km for the week.

Managed to schedule a time with Barts for today for 5km, 3km, 1km with 500m jog between (i.e. 10km all up).  Actually discovered it was supp...

Well, I thought Perth was good.  Melbourne was even better.  Given I had another 20km on the plan and didn't want to run laps of the Tan...

The three hour time difference makes it very easy to wake up at 5am so I was on the road by 6am.  Or I should say on the path.  Hit a cycle/...

Sunday was a rest.  Mentioned to Gary on Sunday that the pace on Saturday was fine but needed some more mileage to address the stiffening le...

Ok, this was the big session pre-London.  Drove up to find a good crowd of Barts, Neil, Robin Vonk, Scotty, Macca, Eoin and the Cap'n al...

8km early doors to Shelly Beach and back.  Very easy, contemplating the session tomorrow. 111km for week.

10km very easy around the City with Renaud, Jerome and Steve.  Great blokes all.   Felt better after than before.  4:47's.

Well I told Quentin and Lewis on the run today that when I'm on the start line in London I'll remember runs like this morning as the...

15 easy, 22 hard, 5 easy, 22 Fartlek (1,2,3,4,3,2,1) and 15 easy. Was supposed to do it at 6am with Lewis but I was still in my beauty sleep...

13.5km very easy around the wharves with Elle, Jacqueline, TKS, Jerome et al but finished off running the final few km with an Irishman call...

First, congrats to all who completed Six Foot Track.  You're more brave than me.  It's a beast of a race and must have been even tou...

Woke up in country Victoria in a town that, in my basic translation skills, means Beer War.  Parkrun was down on the schedule, but the neare...

Marathon training on a daily basis goes a bit like this: Knackered, knackered, knackered, climbing stairs at work is tough, ooh - feel sligh...

Work is manic.  Got out early feeling half asleep for the first km.  But a great Manly Hardcore crowd of Erika, Emma, Darren, Lewis and Robb...