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Week 1 Summary, This is going to be tough

I completed week 1 of the Marathon training. Who’s idea was this whole running thing anyway?
Here’s a summary of the weeks progress:
Week 1 – Day 2 – my first run after snow ruined official start day.

12 mi @ 8:52min/mi – hard work and still snow on the ground, freezing

Week 1 – Day 4 – easy [...]

Marathon Training Kicked Off, Sponsors Please

Today, one day late due to a last minute snow storm, I set off on my first official training run for the Edinburgh Marathon 2009. With 16 weeks to go before the big day, it was time to get off the build up runs and start on a proper program, when I have the finalised [...]

Team Runography and the Hairy Haggis Marathon Relay

As mentioned in a previous post we decided to enter the Edinburgh Marathon Hairy Haggis Relay to help pace our friend and fellow runner, John Monaghan, around the course. This was a tough challenge for us, and as you’ll find out a fairly difficult task to organise.
Order of runners: – Team Runograph.com

Derek – 8.1 Miles [...]