119 Days to Go: How to train for and smash your first marathon

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but the highlight for me was a particularly inspiring and glorious account of a training run in the shadow of the Golden Gate bridge… I challenge anyone to read the account and NOT want to be there running too! About the Author: Vassos Alexander is a British sports reporter, presenter, author and endurance runner. What attracted me to this book was the promise that it was written by someone who describes herself as “ordinary” and only started running in her late 30s – maybe someone I could relate to even though I am not an ultra-runner myself. Chris's second book, Memoirs of a Fruitcake, became a Sunday Times bestseller and was named Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2011.

Check with the race organiser regarding entry requirements and any specialist equipment required such as a wetsuit, skis or a mountain bike. In retrospect I regret that we were not able to make ourselves available to join him on his one marathon on the Isle of Wight.

Welcome to our reviews page, where we will tell you about products and books we particularly like and which we think you might be interested in to! They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. She describes with great honesty how running made her change how she viewed food and possibly saved her life as a result. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). That very race features later on in Running Up That Hill, Vassos Alexander’s latest book which explores the highs and lows of going that bit further.

After 50 hard miles at Wendover Woods in 2016, I crossed the line after a final lap in the dark, feeling fantastic to have finished my first 50-miler. As I approach my first marathon, in which I fully expect to be the last to cross the finish line (hand in hand with my friend Deb), Lisa’s book tells me that this is not a problem or a stigma. And I was always a cross country runner school back then but you know, you don't ever think of doing something like that.They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. My favourite section highlighted the oldest known marathon runners and their personal stories, where you get to meet awes-inspiring people like Fauja Singh; the 100 year old marathon runner who cannot appear in the Guinness Book of records as he has no birth certificate, and Sister Madonna who is nicknamed the “Iron Nun” because she has completed an incredible 45 Ironman triathlons (plus lots of marathons! I was already a fan of Virgin Radio Sports Presenter Vassos, and love hearing him discuss his running exploits.