23.9 Miles….Twas My Last "Longest Run" Before The Real Maccoy!! – The Brighton Marathon
Brighton Marathon Route 2010
Reason being.. my partner in crime (marathon training partner) had informed me the week before that she was going to be in Manchester to see Cirque De Soleil!! Well… faced with another Read more…
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Blinded by my own salt – training for The Brighton Marathon
FitFoxy Brighton Marathon Training
I’m training so hard for the Brighton Marathon right now, I’m concerned I may be responsible for wearing out the tarmac on my usual routes from Brighton to Ovingdean.
I’m well aware after the harsh winter we had, that the Brighton council needs all the spare tar it can get its mitts on to cover the vast array of pot holes it already has. So being the thoughtful type, for my 15 miler this Saturday I decided to run in the opposite direction away from Brighton towards Worthing and wear out their tarmac instead.
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My First and Probably my Last Brighton Marathon
It is now two weeks since I ran the Brighton Marathon. I always regarded myself as fairly fit as I have been training for the last 19 years in one form or another.
In the mid nineties I was intrigued with the whole body building thing. I lived in London and worked in a large city health club near Tower Hill. I was the only female commuting to work on the tube, sifting enthusiastically through Muscle and Fitness Magazine instead of Cosmopolitan or Company like a “normal” young lady. As I have become more mature (ha ha) I realised that 45 degree leg presses with 25kg plates either side were not going to make my already inherited footballer legs look any more attractive, so now I manage and maintain my genetic frame by mixing it up and doing a bit of everything to stay in shape and keep my lean muscle tone. Read more…
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A perfect day for the first Brighton Marathon…ouch my thighs hurt
Brighton Marathon
It’s all over, the big day has come and gone and what an amazing day for the first Brighton Marathon. The weather was amazing the crowds were just fantastic giving us all heaps of encouragement. The organisers and the marshalls looked after us all so well keeping us hydrated with plenty of water and Powerade and in some cases handing out vaseline to those who needed it. Read more…
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Brighton Marathon nightmares
I had a bad dream last night, it was Brighton Marathon day and for some reason I had not paid my entry fee. The fee in my dream was £190 and I was in a flat panic to get to the bank with my credit card to pay. My father was present although not being very helpful and even less so when the bank told me that my credit card had expired.
Missed The Brighton Marathon start
It was 11am by this stage and the Brighton Marathon had been going for two hours. I still had a plan that I could catch up with the runners but attempting to persuade the bank to pay my fee was clearly not going to happen.
I was aware that my running buddy Marianne would have been confused and a bit upset that I had failed to show up after all of the training we had done, and this made me feel worse. Then I woke up, and I realised that there was still a week to go and I breathed a sigh of relief. I celebrated with a short 4 mile run outside in the sunshine and I realised how excited I am to be taking part in the first ever Brighton Marathon 2010.
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Little Miss Marathon Manky Toes
After doing an exceptionally long 23 mile run last weekend, it has been hard to drag myself out onto the streets even to do the smaller four mile runs this week. I had Monday off granted, but that just made it harder for me to apply myself the next day. On Tuesday I took a trundle along the seafront from King Alfred, which was fairly pleasant apart from almost tripping over an over-excited border collie. He was chasing a ball that just happened to be hurtling towards me. The owner gave me a rather “sheepish look” excuse the pun, and I gave him a kind of mmmm grrrr look back!
Marathon training – Treadmill day
Wednesday was a treadmill day, boring as hell but good for speed training. Thursday didn’t happen as I just didn’t have the energy and also because I mistakenly thought I had a run-free day on Friday, where I intended to make up for it. I did however not read my schedule properly Read more…
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Only 16 days left…. look after those Brighton Marathon bodies.
FitFoxy at after the Brighton Marathon
With only 16 days to go to the Brighton Marathon, I am hoping that runners are being sensible enough to taper down and allow their bodies the essential rest and repair they need to enable them to get through the big day.
Specific Brighton Marathon Training
I have been in the fitness industry for 13 years, and over the last few months have paid regular visits to the Official Brighton Marathon website.
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Such an honour and a privilege to meet the Brighton Marathon organisers
It was such an honour for me to be invited to the pre-Brighton Marathon party at the Pavillion last night. I was truly blown away by the sheer determination and hard work acheived by the race directors and the whole Brighton Marathon team that have and as far as I know are still working around the clock to make this race possible.
Brighton Marathon Celebrities – Steve Ovette
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Brighton Marathon Training taking its toll? No flagging allowed, dust yourselves off and get going
FitFoxy & Marianne at the Brighton Marathon
Hi, Sherry Chandler (FitFoxy) here, I’m another Brighton crazy who has been training my socks off for the past eight weeks for the Brighton Marathon big day. I wanted to share my experiences, good and bad, over the next crucial few weeks with you guys – and offer some helpful advice too.
Brighton Marathon Diary
Read my blog posts that follow to give you a peek into the ups and downs of training for the Brighton Marathon. I will be giving many little nuggets of advise with regards to Read more…
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