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The Road to Torun (Part 10) – Competition Time, Keeping the Faith & Sharing the Journey.

After months and months of winter training, strength and conditioning sessions and gradual build up back to race fitness, it was time to measure progress at the first competition of the year. That competition was the Scottish Masters Indoor Championships held at the wonderful Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The full story of how I performed […]

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Scottish Masters Athletics Indoor Championships 2023

I travelled with a group of friends and athletes from North Shields Polytechnic Club and Morpeth Harriers & AC to the Glasgow Emirates Arena which was once again the venue for the Scottish Masters Indoor Athletics Championships on 12th February 2023. It was a hugely enjoyable event, not least because it’s one of the best […]

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The Road to Torun (Part 8) – The Masters community is freaking awesome, and what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

The world of Masters Athletics and the community spirit that it embodies never ceases to amaze … I ran in Sheffield last week and wasn’t overly impressed with my results. I won’t make any excuses or go into the reasons for the sub par performances, other than to say they taught me some good lessons, […]

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The Road to Torun (Part 7) – In Search of Speed, Friday 13th, Quitters Day.

This week welcomed the start of speed work into the programme, which means the distance reduces and so does the time. Tuesday’s session on a very cold wet and dark track, comprised 1 set of 3 runs over 100m, 150m and 200m at 90% race speed with 3 minute recovery between runs. Managed to hit […]

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The Road to Torun (Part 6) – Make it last then make it fast, 2023 Indoor Competition Schedule.

After missing a couple of weeks training over Christmas with sore ribs, thankfully this week’s training has been back on schedule. The plan is to ‘make it last then make it fast’ i.e. A winter of strength, conditioning and speed endurance have hopefully helped build up my core endurance, and the speed sessions which return next […]