From Gerry:
All of a sudden we are almost at the start line. At the time of writing this (Sunday 6 June) we have less than 4 weeks to the first of our 32 marathons.
Gerry and Ken with Dame Mary Peters, who has wished them well on their marathon undertaking
Two years in the mind, one year [...]
The peak of phase two of our training program was reached last Sunday. When I studied the training plan on Sunday 23rd May I saw the weeks schedule ahead. The total it had planned for us was 111 miles. Like, hello!!!
PICTURED: Peter Canavan with Kerry Boyd from Autism NI at Baronscourt Estate Co Tyrone – [...]
The ‘recovery week’ this week sees us only doing 60 miles. A year ago this would have seemed a lot to me but now I don’t even blink an eye at running 60 miles in a week! I took my rest day on Thursday- and it was such a joy to have an evening off [...]
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Thankfully we’re coming towards the end of our third big week. Logging 100 miles plus per week around a normal working week takes time but I’m just about able to squeeze it in. I’m not left with much time for anything else though! Thankfully the legs are holding up ok which is great. I’m spending [...]
Hi folks,
Coming towards the end of our second consecutive 100 mile week. All things considered the body is holding up reasonably well.
It has taken me a few days, though, for the legs and energy levels to recover from the back to back marathons I did last Saturday and Sunday. I did learn [...]
Both Ken and I enjoyed thoroughly a rest week last week where I actually only ran a fraction of the previous week. The timing of this ‘rest’ week was perfect as I had major exams last sat/sun (April 24th and 25th) , therefore the fact that I did not have to schedule 90 plus miles [...]
Hi all, 90 miles was the running target for last week, to be covered over 6 days. To give the shins a bit more time to recover though, I mixed the running up with walking, cycling and swimming.
Wednesday saw me do a two hour walk before work and a three and half hour walk after [...]
I have been asked the question many times about how the “organising” of the event is coming along. Certainly it is true if it were just Ken and I running the marathons, the logistics would be relatively straightforward.
As we are going to be joined by hundreds and hundreds of other runners that whole landscape changes [...]
Training has taken on a different form for me over the last two weeks as my shins have been at me a little. So instead of running I’m doing lots of walking and cycling and a bit of swimming.
Last Saturday week I left the house at 6:30 am for a long walk. This was my [...]
