Skip to content

The Morning Coffee Run

DO WHAT YOU CAN'T

  • About
  • Blog
  • Targets & Bucket List
  • Race Reviews
    • Half Marathons
  • Marathon des Sables
  • Running with…

Tag: health

Why I’m Running the Marathon des Sables

April 3, 2018October 4, 201813 Comments

On Thursday night I couldn’t sleep, waking up every hour or so in a cold sweat. Just signing up for a race over a year away had cracked my ability to sleep. Well not just any race but the Marathon des Sables, the toughest footrace in the world. What does the Marathon des Sables entail … Continue reading Why I’m Running the Marathon des Sables

Am I a Runner?

February 7, 2018February 7, 201816 Comments

When I was 16 one of my best friends ran the London Marathon, it was my first contact with endurance running. That medal he brought back was like an emulate, giving him legendary status around school. In that instant I knew I wanted to be a runner, even though I was to do nothing about … Continue reading Am I a Runner?

I Failed.

December 19, 2017Leave a comment

This year I had one clear goal: run a sub four and a half hour marathon. I missed it by eleven minutes. I failed. It was one of the reasons it took me so long to put the Queenstown Marathon story up on the blog because it was my final marathon of the year and … Continue reading I Failed.

Running the UK’s Toughest Marathon

October 31, 2017August 31, 20184 Comments

With almost 3,000 feet of elevation gain, very challenging terrain and being exposed to all the elements of wet and windy Wales the Snowdonia Marathon is regularly called the toughest marathon in the UK. Regardless, I chose this race as my tenth marathon. Why? Because despite all the reasons I shouldn't have done it I … Continue reading Running the UK’s Toughest Marathon

Why I Keep Running – My Chicago Marathon

October 22, 2017August 31, 20185 Comments

Hours after the volunteers had gone home and the finishing line packed away for another year, I stood on a rooftop drinking a cocktail. Darkness had long taken away the humid sun and as I over looked Millennium Park (where the Chicago Marathon had started and finished) sipping the last dregs of my Old Fashioned … Continue reading Why I Keep Running – My Chicago Marathon

So you’re going to run a marathon…

October 4, 2017October 8, 201816 Comments

You’ve received that coveted ‘you’re in’ magazine for the London Marathon this week, now what? I have collected a few, very simple pieces of advice for those of you currently looking at the summit of the London Marathon from basecamp and thinking I just can’t do that. It will be a day that will change … Continue reading So you’re going to run a marathon…

Always Forward – My Berlin Marathon

September 27, 2017August 31, 20182 Comments

Rome was the rain, London was being the Samaritan and Edinburgh was my stomach. Every marathon so far this year had in one way or another hampered my attempt at improving the time I had set in San Francisco, which was four marathons and over 14 months ago. That streak of unsuccessful attempts twinned with … Continue reading Always Forward – My Berlin Marathon

Running through Puddles

September 7, 2017Leave a comment

As you could probably tell by reading my last blog post, I have begun to panic about my lack of marathon preparation. It’s been causing sleepless nights and visions of those fatal three letters; DNF. The running I was doing was purely fuelled by those feelings and was as such joyless. Putting in the miles … Continue reading Running through Puddles

Staying Focused.

August 30, 2017September 1, 2017Leave a comment

With under a month to go until my four marathons in less than two months challenge begins I find myself woefully unprepared. With a deluge of weddings, music festivals and holidays my marathon training took a backseat and real life, wonderfully, took the wheel. With no races booked in from the start of July onwards … Continue reading Staying Focused.

I Got Published

August 16, 2017August 16, 20173 Comments

I realised today that my blogging has been somewhat lax of late. With a week spent in the Isle of Skye and trips to Yorkshire and Belfast over the past few weeks means I have very little to report on the running front because I have little time to actually go running. But there is … Continue reading I Got Published

Posts navigation

Older posts

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 4,425 other followers

Blog Stats

  • 134,272 page views

Instagram

Next Race

Richmond MarathonApril 27, 2021
3 months to go.

Facebook

Facebook

Running With..

A set of interviews with runners that inspire, excite and encapsulate the great sport we lace up our shoes for.

Marathon des Sables

In 2019 I took part in the 'Toughest Footrace on the Planet'; The Marathon des Sables. You can read about my journey in the desert here

  • My Instagram
  • My facebook
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Cancel