Week Three: Speed Play (Fartleks)

In eight weeks time, I’m hoping to do the Sheffield Half Marathon. I’ve decided to do a weekly vlog to record my journey and hold myself to account.

Here’s week three’s vlog where I give an update on my training and discuss the importance of listening to your body and introducing hills and speed play (Fartleks) into your training.

Week Three: Speed Play

Week Three: Cutting back

This is part of a series of posts reflecting on my experiences in the run up to the Yorkshire Marathon in October. I’m currently on week three of a twelve week training programme. The idea is to write a post every week charting my progress and reflecting on my training.


Cutting back?

What? On week three?

Sounds like giving up, right? Well, not at all. After the niggles of week two I thought I would listen to what my body is telling me and not fall into that common trap of marathon training – trying to do too much too soon. Continue reading