Happily Ever After
Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running
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Even More Planning
by Russell Turner - 17:21 on 11 July 2025
It’s been a tough decision, but I think a wise one: no Yorkshire Marathon this year. I’ll run the 10 Mile instead, on my annual marathon weekend trip to York, and the Lincoln Half Marathon two weeks earlier (gigs permitting). I’ve signed up and paid for the 10 Mile so there’s no going back.
Half marathon training will begin on August 5, the week after the York 10k, and include four confirmed 10k races and two possibles.
Substituting a 9-week HM plan for a 16-week marathon one has meant much revision of the training schedule. One change is that the Kinloss HM, which replaced the cancelled Dales HM, has been downgraded (by me) to a 10k because I didn’t need a 13-mile run that week. With luck, a couple of months of shorter distances will revitalise my running, although lower temperatures might make more of a difference: Garmin said today’s 7-mile effort was in 23.9º sun. Very hard work.
Not attempting my fifth Yorkshire Marathon is disappointing, but might set me up for a decent attempt at the distance in Manchester next year. In the meantime, the Durham 10k is on Thursday – that could be another scorcher – followed by two weeks of random running that ends with the York 10k. Or I could repeat the lead up to my sub-60min triumph in Leeds.
Anything is possible.
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