Andy Waterman
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Copywriter, runner, dad. Previously at Tracksmith. Always interested in new projects.
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Yesterday in Seville. I was convinced I could run 6min miles, and for 2 hours, it looked like it might work out. Then the marathon did its thing... Super shoes, energy gels, whatever - nothing makes the marathon any shorter. 2:40:37 - a 2min pb aged 41. More to come!
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Shocked by this. This bike was parked outside my kids' school in Walthamstow on a school street - during the school day someone in a vehicle has crushed it. Terrible.
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Three summers ago I set myself the challenge of running a sub-5 minute mile, thinking it would be a relatively easy challenge. It wasn't. But tonight I finally did - 4:54 at Wimbledon track. Not embarrassed to say I was inspired by
@JakeSWightman
earlier!
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Santa's come early to Salop Road - big day for bike storage 😍
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Big day for PBs in Berlin - 68secs off my previous best to take me sub-2:40. Given Kipchoge only got a 30sec PB, I reckon I maybe had the better day?!
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@MrPMHarrison
@KathyBurke
I just made the mistake of looking at how the Mail is covering this story, and the reporting is quite dispassionate, but the comments... F-me they HATE him even more than they hate starving kids
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Cycling Vs Running. (I wish there was more value placed on the visuals in running. While times are more important than competition it won't happen)
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50km is a long drive in a car, it's too far to run.
Send pizza. (Please)
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I'm racing a 10,000m track race tonight. No chance of it being the wrong distance, assuming everyone involved can count to 25. And the entry fee was under £10. I increasingly think I'm done with big city events - these grassroots races are way less stressful and often better.
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I made a short video at today's National XC. How people like Mahamed, Cairess and Yee cover the ground so efficiently is beyond me. I was so grateful to have a marathon in my legs and an excuse to spectate, not race!
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@tomfgoodwin
iPod: 1000 songs in your pocket
iPad: every object you've ever loved crushed in a giant hydraulic press
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Incredible number of people out for the
@tracksmith
shakeout in Berlin this morning. To think a few years ago staff outnumbered participants in these kinda things. Great work from
@LouisSerafini
building and inspiring this community!
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Currently holed up in a Seville hotel waiting to run a marathon. I hate this part.
Anyway, here's a nice photo from this morning's shakeout
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Basically
@DigiDavesphotos
wins the internet today with this one. Apparently the guy in blue won and survived
http://t.co/TIE5YJUY9p
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I'm appalled at how many (male) running influencers didn't think to tape over their nipples before running a marathon in the rain on Sunday. No one wants to see (or experience) that. These are the basics!
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The UK needs to start offering a bounty to anyone who reports pavement parking/idling/driver phone use whenever the evidence is sufficient to issue a fine. Twenty percent would be fine. Make
@MikeyCycling
a millionaire. This shit isn't acceptable.
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Raced a 1500m on the track last night. Makes me wonder why we get so obsessed with marathons. Going fast over these shorter distances is just as hard, if not harder, and a whole lot more sociable. I ran 4:42 - sub-4:30 would be nice one day.
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Today I ordered an e-cargo bike.
I was a 'serious' cyclist for a long time, but this is the first time I've been truly excited about a new bike in a decade.
Now to display to my wife that we no longer need the cost/responsibility of our own car...
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The conversation about what constitutes 'real' cross country would be a lot more interesting if Charles Hicks didn't win regardless of course/distance/weather/continent
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This is my local pub. Was just walking past and it struck me how handsome it looks in the sun. Before the pandemic, those outdoor tables were parking spaces. I prefer the seating. Excited to see how that tree matures too.
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@guardian
I've had a cargo bike for 3 years. It's used daily to transport kids, shopping and occasionally rubbish to the tip. It cost £3500. Expensive to buy, cheap to run and you reclaim so much time you would otherwise be sat in traffic. More are needed!
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So, 8x1600 at marathon pace + 8x400 around 10k pace. The absolute numbers sound impressive, but make them relative to these athletes' bests and they're actually quite conservative. When was the last time you ran marathon pace on the track?
Paid a long overdue visit to Kaptagat to watch Eliud Kipchoge and the
@NNRunningTeam
train - it's as glorious a setting as I'd imagined.
Today's session:
8 x 1600 in 4:40 (2min rest)
8 x 400 in 63-64 (30-50-second rest)
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I arranged my travel to the Berlin Marathon at the height of the first heatwave, when I was most frightened for the future of the planet. So I booked the train - 10hrs across Europe with stops in Brussels and Cologne. It's the most excited I've been to go anywhere in YEARS.
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When was the last time you saw kids roller skating in the street? So good to see. I'm a really big fan of the modal filter Waltham Forest council have put in here.
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@JWLevitt
Also training for a 2:37 marathon and also running a lot of miles around 8:30-9. Those miles rarely feel 'easy' though - if I'm doing the fast, long stuff properly, that pace is often all I have.
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@dieworkwear
You want walkable neighbourhoods? In Japan they have danceable neighbourhoods. Set your sights higher!
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.
@haringeycouncil
seems to go out of its way to discourage cycling. They've now installed a closing gate at Markfield Park so people on cargo bikes etc can't easily access the Lee Navigation towpath, which was my safe route to drop my kids at nursery 🙄
@HaringeyCyclist
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Is it too early to hire an open top bus to mark the arrival of the Maglia Rosa back in Hackney?
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Sometimes I get to write poems about running and they get read by people with amazing voices and laid over beautiful footage of athletes training in the wilds of New England.
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@TflTruth
@MikeyCycling
Love living in a ltn. Kids can cycle to school, I can have the windows open. It's great. Neighbourhoods that prioritise neighbours, not cars looking for a shortcut from a to b!
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A thread on running and training in preparation for London Marathon:
I wanted to race a little more in the buildup to London. As much I appreciate the nuances of training, racing is what makes it all worthwhile.
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We recruited
@pedalmeapp
to help document today's
@tracksmith
London long run from Battersea to Hammersmith and back. Such a perfect solution. Can't wait to see Jerry's photos.
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Last night I raced a 1500m track race and it wasn't very fast but damn, it was fun. I ran a marathon in Feb, and now, having a huge aerobic base to fall back on is making a BIG difference - the capacity to properly attack at the bell is super enjoyable. Zone 2 for type 2 fun.
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I'm running Berlin Marathon on Sunday. If you want to track me, download the app and click this link, or use my number, I'm 33316
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@des_linden
Interesting that Kristian Blummenfelt, the triathlete, switched from Nike to Asics, purchasing the shoes himself, as he found them faster, before being picked up as a contracted athlete.
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@Hackneycyclist
I spent some time in Utrecht a few years ago and it was noticeable how much independence Dutch teens have, all because their parents are confident to let them travel under their own steam. The dangers of our roads infantilise our youth long after they should be independent.
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I was asked to write a poem about autumn running to accompany this film. It sounds so much better read by James than it did by me!
"Fall speaks a particular language." Watch our new seasonal film, The Path to Renewal featuring poetry by
@andywaterman
and music by Angélica Salvi
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@RichardWellings
Middle eastern businessmen who import gold-plated sports cars to London to drive round Chelsea = NOT global elite
Normal Londoners who want their kids to not die from air polution = global elite.
Is that right?
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This. I ran sub-3 at my first attempt in the marathon because I ran a lot and was lifetime fit. But running a sub-5min mile took three summers of work: practice, competition and curiosity. Marathons are beach front longboarding to the mile's crash and burn street skating
(Recreational) running needs its “skateboard” moment and it’s not gonna come from the marathon
its gon come from the sickos who love the pain of shorter distances and won’t hide behind the mythological distance of the marathon
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Really enjoyed the
@EssexAArunning
10,000m track champs last night - great track in Chelmsford and
@vphthac
worked incredibly well together taking 800m turns to score huge PBs, around 34:35 for me, 2mins faster than (baking) Fast Friday a few weeks back.
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The 4yo did
@Leytonjuniors
parkrun today for the first time and I can't stop banging on about how good it was for all the usual reasons, but also just to see a load of kids exercising and having fun together in the outdoors. Fantastic stuff.
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Just wrote my training plan for the Seville Marathon - exciting and nerve-wracking in equal measure.
The build starts November 1st, then 16 weeks to reclaim my London Marathon Champs place!
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Turns out I've not drunk alcohol in over a year. Would recommend 👍
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This evening's lorry on a crossing on Blackhorse Lane. Who thinks this is an acceptable place to park?
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It's really noticeable how much independence Dutch kids have compared to Brits. Particularly girls.
Dutch teens cycle an astonishing 2,000km per year.
They also rank among the healthiest and happiest—with the lowest rates of obesity and antidepressant usage—on Earth.
This isn't coincidence, but an outcome of a system that prioritizes humans over cars.
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Up early today to run the
@CaminoUltra
Epping Forest 50km - it's an ultra that starts and finishes within a few minutes walk of a tube station. More of this please!
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Just entered Seville Marathon on February 20th. Training for a spring marathon sucks, specifically training through February when winter's at its coldest. But tapering through February, that seems more attractive. So that's my plan - 2:36 LFG.
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So disappointing that BC are taking corporate oil money and not the private wealth of Russian Oligarchs or murderous Middle Eastern princes like any decently run sport.
We can today announce
@Shell_UKLtd
as a new Official Partner for the next eight years, in a commitment to sharing world-class innovation, accelerating our path to net zero, and helping more and wider groups of people to ride.
Read more:
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Watching marathon trials. Don't understand why they wouldn't put names on bibs instead of numbers. There's only 15 in the men's field and they all have timing chips. I'm a fan and I could use some help, so how are casual spectators meant to know who's who?
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Impressed that Athletics NZ are thinking about athlete wellbeing after a positive test on this Zane Robertson case. The moral fury that surrounds doping can be medieval - glad someone is thinking about the person's long term health
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Second place in 5:03. This summer's quest to run a sub-5 minute mile is getting perilously close.
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@RichardJMurphy
It's like the ancient Chinese proverb: "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day. Fire him from his job in the fish processing plant and he can feed himself affordably for a (very short) lifetime."
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As a cyclist, I think you know you're middle aged when you're more excited by cargo-carrying utility bikes than expensive, impractical racing bikes.
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#carryshitolympics
has been taken to the next level by the likes of
@pedalmeapp
but I was proud of myself getting a new TV home 2.5 miles from Currys, really testing the limit of all the bike paths. Not pictured - a food shop under the box.
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What I consider local, by different modes of transport:
walking - 3 miles
running - 7.5 miles
cycling - 18 miles
car - 4 miles
How about you?
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Out the door at 6:30am today for 20 miles including marathon type efforts with the dads of
@vphthac
. Thoroughly beautiful morning for it - team work stops it ever feeling like work
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@CyclingLawLDN
A note was left apparently and it's being sorted - was a delivery vehicle to the school.
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Imagining setting my alarm for 2am to travel to a warehouse somewhere and stand in a queue for hours waiting for the vaccine. It sounds as close to going on holiday as I've been in the last couple of years. I'm all for it basically. Anything for a bit of novelty right now.
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Britain needs a pay rise.
Full support for striking nurses today ✊
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110 people under 15mins in Battersea tonight. Tell me again how grassroots athletics is dying on its arse?!
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👌
Tracksmith Expands: How America’s Most Intellectual Running Brand Is Closing In On Cult Status via
@forbes
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TFL get a lot of shit, but I'm so impressed with the team at Green Park tube station today. Last week a headphone fell out of my ear and dropped onto the track. They picked it up that night and kept it in lost property for me. I was sure they'd bin it. Merry Christmas!
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When I see police thugs beating up protesters in other countries, like Russia or Hong Kong, I wonder, "where do they find these people who are so loyal to power they're willing to do something that is so obviously wrong?"
Then you see how the MET are behaving in Clapham...
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There's some bonkers stuff in the podcast about Kristian Blu's almost 8l VO2Max, but I still find it really interesting that contrary to practically every running coach on here, Bu sees very little value in strength training.
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Waved goodbye to our running stroller today. For a few years it was the greatest parenting hack. We ran 100s of miles with this thing, taking naps, jogging to exotic playparks, doing parkruns and exploring new places. It could also carry loads of shopping. Farewell old friend!
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Back to running today. Such a pleasure to be out enjoying a beautiful morning with no pressure to hit a distance or pace goal, just get the legs turning and see where I end up. Looking forward to a good few weeks of this.
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Just looking at British marathon rankings. Currently 743 men have the sub-2:40 London Championship qualification time. Extend that to the old 2:45 time and there are 1213 men faster than that. Look back at 2017, pre-super shoes, and there were only 449 sub-2:40 and 815 sub-2:45
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As an older, 70kg+ 2:40 marathon runner, I find the mechanical stress of Z2 training really exhausting. Top of Z2 is around 3:55/km for me which is aerobically easy but churns through a ton of calories and is muscularly fatiguing. Often better to do more in Z1 and recover faster
@crossfirekinder
I think there is strong evidence for the effectiveness of doing a substantial volume of work below LT1 (Z1 in a 3 zone model). The 5-zone model emerges from splitting Z1 into an upper and lower zone (and splitting Z3 as well). So Z2, as I understand it, is basically "close to the
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I wrote about entering races that are way outside of your comfort zone and seeing what happens. Because at the end of the day, running is running – it's all just converting oxygen into forward momentum, whether that's over a mile, a marathon or more
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The last remaining pleasure in driving is cruising along at 19mph in a 20 limit with a queue of gammon-faced drivers tailgating you and getting visibly wound up that they can't overtake.
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Got my vaccine today. Ran there and back, a 13km round trip, so even if I feel awful tomorrow, I can bask in the residual smugness of today.
#thankyouNHS
Don't forget to vote tomorrow!
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At that stage of the winter where I catch a cold, recover, gradually return to running for five days or so, then pick up another cold. Time to give up on 'training' and just try to make it to March in some form of health.
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@100Climbs
Looking back it's darkly comical. While we were arm-in-arm loving life, celebrating gold medals, the NHS and Britain's place in the world, a huge chunk of the country was foaming at the mouth wanting to bring back hanging.
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Just signed up for my first England Athletics coaching course. I spend so much of my free-time listening, talking, thinking and experimenting with this stuff, I thought it's about time I do something official
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@adamtranter
Meanwhile in Walthamstow, this guy rode 1.3km to his first day in reception, directly on quiet, traffic-calmed back streets and through LTNs. It can be done if the political will is there.
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Yesterday evening on Edward Road in Walthamstow. I'm a big fan of the new model filter.
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@Alan_Couzens
My watch is currently predicting I could run a 2:33 marathon with a predicted VO2max of 55. I think you'd need more than super shoes for both those things to be true 😂
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Current marathon mantra:
Do the work
Manage the effort
Eat the food
Get the rest
Let the pace find you
Thank you for attending my Ted talk
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My local area has never been more vibrant. Indie cafes, breweries, bakeries, workspaces opening up in every available space. I'd wager the Zone 3 economy is booming. But sure, better get back to spending money at Pret in Z1...
Boris says it's no longer necessary to work from home. So city people get back to the offices let's kick start the local economy for shops,cafes who suffered badly. Some people may have become complacent liking this new style of working.Well those folk will never work for me.
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Took out a Eurosport sub for the men's 10,000m and now my productivity has collapsed. See you after the Tour 2022...
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Running coaching/sports science nerds - this new post from Marius Bakken is MEGA
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Enjoyed being at the Diamond League in pure spectator mode with the kids. It wasn't cheap and that stadium was packed. Really good to see. The action was great too - particularly the 400 and 400h.
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@BStulberg
amen!
With kids especially, I don't feel like there's much space for optimizing - the only hack is infinite patience and dramatically reducing what you consider a productive day.
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Smug cyclist and proud: avoided a 3.5mile round trip by car to the dump with a 1mile trip on the bike. So much better.
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It's something we try to do at
@tracksmith
when we talk about the amateur spirit: the idea that dedicating yourself to something as Sisyphean as running as far and fast as possible for no reward is something that that marks us out as human
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I've been taking my 6yr old to BMX club the last couple of weeks. Really feels like the ultimate kids sport: theatre, adrenaline, skill, athleticism, camaraderie. He finishes every lap whooping like an American. I'd be really happy if this is the start of something.
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I ran a steeplechase today. Only 2km, rather than the more normal 3, but even that felt far too long. First time since 1996... Jeez those barriers are high (and heavy)
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I had a terrible race yesterday. Without the Hrv4Training app I'd probably try and do a 'shakeout' jog today. With Hrv4Training I feel like I have permission to take the day off completely. As someone who's prone to doing too much, I find that really useful.
@altini_marco
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First week of marathon training done: 7 sessions in 6 days, 88km total, 22km long run, 2 sessions of hill reps, 2 days of longer intervals, and 2 slow recovery jogs. Amazing how even a relatively modest week feels monumental after a rest. One down, 15 to go...
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Last night was the first session of the
@tracksmith
Amateur Mile program, building to our race at the London Marathon Community Track on May 12th. Next week we're on the track - join us, it's free
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Can't stop watching
@JakeSWightman
's run. The way he commits to taking the rail at 300m is pure class and Jakob clearly isn't used to that. Kinda reminds me of his countryman
@chrishoy
in his pomp - just dominate the front position. Beautiful.
GOLD! 🥇
Britain's Jake Wightman produced a stunning run to take 1500m gold at the World Championships! 👏
More ⤵️
#BBCAthletics
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Tonight I was asked to join a game of dads 7-a-side football. I don't think I've played football on a pitch since I left university, so at least 20 years ago. It was a useful reminder that just because you consider yourself to be an athlete, it doesn't mean you're athletic
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Loving our new
@RidgebackBikes
cargo bike. We've temporarily moved house so we have a 6-or-so-km ride to nursery and the e-assist is making light work of it. Plus, we're having much better conversations en route. Just need a proper bench seat and belts and we're sorted.
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