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Half Marathon, Race, Training -

I decided to run my first ever half marathon! As a complete long distance novice I thought I'd share my journey with you! In this post I talk about why I wanted to take on the challenge of a half marathon, my training plan and goals for the race and what difficulties I think I'll face during training. 

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Injury, Race, Training -

My journey to running this marathon has been a long and uncertain one and if I’m honest there were times of doubt that I’d be able to do it.

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Injury, Race, Training -

Do Not Fear as you will return stronger
Do Not Forget all accomplished and a life transformed

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Matt Lear - 2XU store ambassador win at Burton 10k

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2XU, Energy Gel, Gels, Nutrition, Race -

On Sunday 15th May I will compete in my first ever half Ironman triathlon at Nottingham. This involves a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile bike and a half marathon run afterwards. This will be a big increase in race volume for me. Going from a 2 hour Olympic distance race to a 4 hour half Ironman race will be challenging. Overall, I’ve had to increase the training volume slightly compared to what I have been doing previously. Training has really been going well averaging around 12 hours per week with the last 6 weeks around 14 hours per week....

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