Harry's Year of Running - Q1
Background 2019 was a year of running for me. My vague goals were to train hard for the London marathon, and then try to keep the fitness going as long as possible for other races including club champs, Summer league and cross country. I had struggled in the heat of the 2018 London Marathon but had lucked out with a public ballot place and felt I owed it to all the unsuccessful applicants to give it a proper go. I ended up running further and faster than I ever thought I would in various races. There are faster runners than me, but I suspect few who were as surprised as I was to be lining up near the start of races. Spoiler alert: I ended up running a lot of races. So be warned, this is quite a long blog split into 5 parts. (to skip to the other parts: Q2 , Q3 , Q4 , Epilogue ) I had put off publishing it as it focuses on my achievements, and is not very British to blow ones own trumpet. However, 2020 has not been as good, for me or for running races, and th...