This is like my diary of what should have been my sub 2 hour jeffing half marathon training with my teen. But disaster struck by way of pain in my hip by week 6. I have been keeping a week by week account of what has happened ever since. This is the week after deciding … Read more
Week 15 of my sub 2hr jeffing half marathon training plan and Decision Time on Whether to Jeff the Practice Half Marathon
Rachael, the creator of the Jolly Jeffers, is the one who got me interested in Jeffing. Today she shares her story with Pinkoddy’s Blog Readers. In the Beginning My first memory of any sports is quite horrific! Never chosen for the netball team, hockey team (thank goodness, it was always freezing and in the 80’s … Read more
I had agreed to run the Virtual London Virgin Marathon for Winston’s Wish just 4 weeks before the big day. I am not great at training for anything but had been running regularly and followed advice from the tapering weeks. Kit for the Virtual London Marathon The big trouble with not training properly for a … Read more
Tapering is the term for slowing things down in the lead up to a race. It is in order to let your body rest and repair so it can work at its full potential on the big day. By the actual definition of the word it also means gradually. 3 Weeks to Go to the … Read more
