Good luck everyone taking part in the London Marathon. Thank you to those raising awareness of MND and fundraising for the MNDA. #MND #MNDA #mndawareness #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
💙 Just a reminder that all items are individually printed and sent. So they can take between 5-7 working days from your order. So if you are running #robburrowsleedsmarathon2024 remember to place your order in time as the marathon is fast approaching 🧡💙 🧡Every time an item is purchased from the @run.mnd /MND collection, a donation is made to the MNDA too. #rularunsdesigns #postrunclothing #leedsmarathon #prerunclothing #mndawareness #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #ukrunchat #runnersofinstagram
🚨 100 days to go… 🧡💙🚨 Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon 2024 is 100 days away. 😬 Don’t mention the hills 🤣 IYKYK This design is just for fun, but I am going to get designing - what would you like? Finishers hoodie, I’m training for… I’m running for….let me know ⬇️ Who’s running it this year? How is training going? Let’s chat in the comments #rularunsdesigns #postrunclothing #prerunclothing #runrelatedclothing #robburrowleedsmarathon2024 #teammnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure 🧡💙
Full recovery mode engaged. The medal is back in Blighty and so are remnants of the jetlag from hell. And apart from staying up to date with important news a little social media off-time is recovery for the soul. Marathon x2 recaps to follow when post-marathon brain cells have regenerated! #running #roadrunning #marathoner #fallmarathons #berlinmarathon #chicagomarathon #sub4 #timestwo #3marathonPBsthisyear #recovery #restisimportant #recoveryispartoftraining #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #keepshowingup #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #autumnwalks #autumnsunsets🍁
One week since @berlinmarathon - one week to @chimarathon ! ❤️ I think my leg muscles are slowly but surely getting the message that we are not quite done yet. Just like the last two miles to the finish line with a leg cramp - it is tough, but we are tougher. Into my favourite month! 🍁 🍂 #running #roadrunning #marathon #marathoner #fallmarathons #marathonseason #doubletrouble #berlinmarathon #chicagomarathon #berlintochicago #wecandothis #excitementisreal #relentlessforwardprogress #sundayrun #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #happyoctober
Random thoughts from the Berlin x Chicago marathon inbetween: - one taper is hard enough, having two of them is just arggggghhh! - just keep eating, just keep eating… - while the system went whoopeee today on our recovery run, the quads started asking after about 3 miles WHAT DO YOU THINK YOURE DOING, LADY?!? So now I have to gently prepare them for the fact that we are going to do another 26.2 mile bimble on the streets of Chicago in 8 days and they better stop being stroppy and turning into rocks every time they realise we are running more than a 5k. - I can’t wait to see what my body can do. This is exciting new territory for me. - @onepeloton Yoga Conditioning classes for runners are the best thing after Nutella-smothered banana bagels. For not being sure how to load or de-load your body when after a marathon race is before a marathon race, this is just gold. - Some people might say ultra runners do all those miles back to back, no biggie. I’ve just run a sub-4 road marathon. My high mileage potential is slightly … asphalted. - I miss the trails and whohoo’ing down a hill (and I NEED to get one a SWAP hat for future whohoo’s, but how from the UK @meg_runs_happy @mountainroche ?) It’s just not sounding the same when you’re crossing a #wmmajors finish line (with a leg cramp). - How many bagels can I eat in a day in Chicago? - Can I use my jet lag for an advantage to be able to get up and bowel-prep early on race morning? - What is it like to visit a Pumpkin Festival in 28 degrees C? 🤔 (I guess I should be more concerned about how to run a marathon when it’s so hot, but nothing I can do about it, adjust when you must is the motto). - How can I replicate that 🐶 sleep because damn, I need it! As I said, random. It’s a strange time, that. Normally I would be full on in Fun Run season now and surround myself with pumpkins and cosyness. But normal is for another time… 😅 #running #roadrunning #fallmarathons #marathoner #berlinmarathon #chicagomarathon #doubletrouble #taper #secondtimearound #recovery #abbottworldmarathonmajors #runtheworld #challengeyourself #pushyourlimits #keepgoing #relentlessforwardprogress #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Week 14!! ✅ All these miles, testing nutrition, hydration, upgrading my running gear… to hopefully in 3 weeks time be a 124 mile runner! It’s not been easy, it’s not been perfect, but I can only try and keep remembering why… for those can’t!! MND still needs to be beaten, a cure must be found. By doing mad challenges like this run the end of September, helps to raise more money towards that cure.. #ianprattmndfoundation #mnda #mndawareness #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #200kmtraining #high5sportsnutrition #runner #miles #pentewansandsbeach
Chilling out before my last Great North Run tomorrow #mndassoc #runmnd #greatrun #greatnorthrun #gnr #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Week 12 of training ✅ Managed a 25 mile run niggle free, managed to get out a few times on our camping trip exploring.. not fast, often walking but it’s all towards the end goal.. to complete 200km 33 days until the big day! Remembering why I’m doing it will hopefully be enough to get me round. Todays extra picture isn’t an MND Angel or warrior, but it’s a big woop woop to @andyrobrunner who’s doing a crazy challenge of 10 ultra marathons in 10 days! He’s completed 9 so far, leaving tomorrow to be the big finally!!! I can’t get there to cheer him on so an Instagram shout out and recognition is the next best thing! Please check out his just giving page and Instagram page to see for yourself the determination all in memory of his mother in law who last her fight to Motor Neurone Disease.. http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/andrew-roberts84 #200kmtraining #runner #boobydoo #flanci #flanciactivewear #high5sportsnutrition #nordictrack #ospreypacks #instagramrunners #motorneuronedisease #mndawareness #mnda #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #runningfriends #support #ultramarathon
A warm 5 1/12 miles after #themelplashshow. Bang on the training elevation for the Arc 50 at 100ft / mile. Knee isn't 100% but let's see how it goes. Good to touch base with @mndassoc Dorset to outline our plans for the challenge in July 2024. Race The Train is go! Watch this space. #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #running #run #runner #runningin40s #strava #runningmotivation #runhappy #runningshoes #runningshoereviews #runninggear #treadmill #roadrunning #trailrunning #trailrun #trailrunner #hilltraining #speedwork #hoka #timetofly #flyhumanfly #runnersofinstagram #dorset #dorsetcoast #exploredorset #weymouth #jurassiccoast #lovedorset #dorsetrunning
Week 11 training ✅ Today I had my first plod with NO hip niggle! Literally none! Stretching, resting, working on it seems to have worked but I won’t get too cocky just yet! A couple of super early starts just to get some miles in before work (I’m out for 14 hours on a work day, hence why I don’t run usually them days) Today I stupidly stopped my run instead of carrying on so had to start another run for the last stretch home. All in all.. with 40 days to go, I’m feeling good about September Hootiful 200km! All for those effected by MND, raise awareness and raise funds to find a cure! #mnd #motoroneuronedisease #mndassociation #ianprattmndfoundation #runmnd #flanci #high5nutrition #ospreypacks #goodr #nordictrack #riverhamble #runner #200kmtraining #asicsnovablast #boobydoo #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Week 9 training ✅ 37.6 miles in the bag this week. Mileage should be higher, but I’m being sensible after a bit of Tracey magic.. a painful sports massage! randomly over July, I became a toe runner, which has caused adductor tendinitis. Pretty painful and annoying but with stretching, rest but not too much rest and really looking at my running technique and all that jazz… I’ll be back to where I should be ready to conquer Septembers 200km! Thanks to @andyrobrunner for the pep talk “nothing is impossible” and for them forever boosting spirits messages from my running buddies. Remembering the pain is temporary (as long as I listen to my body and look after it) and nothing like the daily battle our MND warriors go through. Remembering my why.. has to be dedicated to @makingmemories.life Jason Liversidge who gained his MND wings Saturday 5th August. I was lucky to join him and his family in 2016 to do the Snowdon Zip line which was amazing! On to the next week of stretching, moving, being dedicated! @run.mnd #ianprattmndfoundation #mndawareness #mndassociation #motorneuronedisease #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #whitestarrunning #hugh5nutrition #goodr #flanci #flanciactivewear #200kmtraining #runner #garmin #nordictrack #strava #high5fuelled #asicsnovablast
The last couple of runs have been speedier affairs! Thursday saw a return to @egdonheathharriers speed work. A great session of a warm up, 4,3,2,1 min efforts with 90 sec recovery X2 then a cool down. I took the @hoka_eu Mach 5 out for a but more forgiveness on this session and they worked a treat. Made it to 'the bend' on the 1 min reps which is a née milestone. Great to catch the tail end of @andy_mutts latest marathon at the track in his 52 in 52 challenge. He scored a marathon PB so big kudos mate! Check out Andy's page to see the amount of effort he is putting into his challenge. @hoka_eu Mach 5 Today's run was a steady effort run toWeymouth #parkrun, a marathon pace-ish parkrun then a steady run home. 20.36 for parkrun which is great - now to get back in the 19s again. I took the @pumarunning Liberate Nitro out for that extra something. So light and nimble and great grip in the damp underfoot conditions. I also took out the @mndassoc vest for a bit of awareness. #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure A small update on the @decathlonuk marathon shorts. I took my phone and headphones out today and stowed them in the shorts for Parkrun. Zero bounce added to the shorts which was pleasing. Now to test with the 250ml bottles. Fingers crossed! Maybe a cycle tomorrow depending on the wind. #running #run #runner #strava #runhappy #runningshoes #runningshoereviews #runninggear #roadrunning #trailrunning #trailrun #trailrunner #speedwork #hoka #timetofly #flyhumanfly #pumarunning #pumarunningshoes #liberatenitro #runnersofinstagram #dorset #dorsetcoast #exploredorset #weymouth #jurassiccoast #lovedorset #dorsetrunning #crosstraining
Train, don’t strain. Doing my weekend #longrun one trail at a time, letting the aerobic system do it’s thing, and being 28 miles closer so far this week to earning the right to toe the #marathon start lines in 🇩🇪 and 🇺🇸 Also, determined to leave all the 💩 behind in June and make July a good one! 💪 less stress, more smiles, more miles, more huzzaaaz! You’re in? #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #saturdaylongrun #slowneasy #julyrunning #summerrunning #marathontraining #berlinmarathon #chicagomarathon #onlythreemonthsaway #loverunning #respectthemarathon #traindontstrain #stayconsistent #keepgoing #relentlessforwardprogress #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
13 weeks to @berlinmarathon , 15 weeks to @chimarathon. After a 36 mile week which, at least in terms of running, was really good (given a scorchio weekend when everyone was just permanently thirsty, and the twists and turns that life sometimes takes without you seeing the train coming), I toed the start line for a new training week this morning. Because we don’t half-ass everything, we whole-ass one thing. 💪 I love the structure my #trainingplan gives me, and the variation in workouts - I’m not going to lie, sometimes I also pee myself a tiny little bit with apprehension every Sunday night looking at what is coming 😅 but overall, I always feel better after having tried what my coach believes I can do, instead of listening to what my fiendish inner voice is whispering. Onwards and roadwards! #running #marathontraining #fallmarathons #berlinmarathon2023 #chicagomarathon2023 #believeintherun #youcandohardthings #alwayswholeassonething #runstrong #stayconsistent #trainsmart #summerrunning #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
💙🧡 MND Global Awareness Day 🧡💙 … … Because everyone should have hope & the chance to lead a fulfilling and long life - striving today and every day to raise funds and awareness to help find a cure to this terminal ills which affects up to 5000 individuals in the UK at any one time. … … #mnd #mndassociation #motorneuronedisease #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mndglobalawarenessday #runningforacure
Run Club workout - steady hill efforts - on Solstice Day. I’m always getting a little sad because the days are slowly getting shorter again after today. But it also means to make the most of the long light, from sunrise to those evening colours, and to remember to live every day to the fullest of your abilities - and if that’s just a day at the office & a gazillion of meetings, followed a lovely warm 6 miles on the trails, that’s good enough. Simply because you can. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #runclubsession #olneyrunners #marathontraining #summersolstice #globalmndawarenessday #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #keepgoing
A great experience running with a great friend for a great cause! Today @mikecocoonbar and I ran the @crukraceforlife Salisbury 10k. A really smashing route and well organised. Half road, half trail and mostly uphill! Thanks particularly to the marshalls for braving the rain! Props to m'colleague for bagging a couple of PRs on the way round. 👍 The @hoka_eu Mach 5 weren't a great choice today. Should have gone with a shoe with better rubber coverage. 🙈 #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #running #run #runner #runningin40s #winning #strava #runningmotivation #runhappy #runningshoes #runningshoereviews #runninggear #race #roadrunning #trailrunning #trailrun #trailrunner #hilltraining #10k #5k #nikerunning #justdoit #hoka #timetofly #flyhumanfly #runnersofinstagram
My marathon wall in the living room is complete! Had to make a big deal out of my first marathon, I honestly did not intend on doing more. But when so much needs to be done for @mndassoc and #mnd awareness how can you not keep challenging yourself? #robburrowmarathon2023 #leedsmarathon2023 #teammnd #robburrowmarathon2024 #manchesterhalfmarathon #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Some Leeds Marathon reflections PART 2: NUTRITION & HYDRATION: Apart from actually putting in the training because I’m not a twat and have respect for the distance, strategic hydration and nutrition were key for me. In the couple of weeks prior to the marathon, I put in as much effort into my food planning as I would for the actual race, making sure to have a balanced diet with appropriate amounts of fuel for my training. I ate like a champ in those days prior to the race, AND made sure to eat for recovery after. Hydration is always my pet peeve, especially when it’s hot, but hydrating enough the days before the race and then every 3 miles along the course no matter what worked well - and I walked the last water station because I was in for a good time, not fastest time. THE LAST BIT: the bit that you run with your heart. I still don’t know why but I had nothing to fall off at mile 20 🤷♀️, everything was firmly and happily attached and working. I simply enjoyed mile after mile, chunking them down as you do (in my case, by water station 😅 - whatever rocks your soles!), and I thought my watch had stopped when it showed me close to 4hrs around mile 23. After having (what felt like) bimbled along the course, enjoying the now of that race in every possible way, it dawned on me that not only could I react, I could dictate the last miles. I could go and match my Berlin time, or I could try and beat it. That had not been a thought I had gone into this hilly 26.2 with… And with a bit of downhill and Leeds cheering power, we all know how that one ended 😊🏅 Despite all worries about those hills and the usual race day anxieties, I was open to the possibility of this being a perfect day (thanks for the inspiration @aliontherun1 (and the podcasts accompanying every training run❤️)), and it really turned out to be one 💙🧡 #running #marathon #marathoner #marathonrunner #26.2 #leedsmarathon #robburrowleedsmarathon #racing #racereflections #loverunning #themarathonandme #raceday #hills #runsteepgethigh #runnershigh #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #relentlessforwardprogress #unexpectedpb #youarestrongerthanyouthink #trustthetraining #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Some Leeds Marathon reflections PART 1: I kept thinking, how lucky am I to get a beautiful Sunday to just run these beautiful Yorkshire roads! I never had so much fun in a race, and I intend to keep it this way from now on. You can run just keeping your eyes up & run what feels right, or run with blinkers on & relentlessly stressing over pace and time. The latter would actually make me race worse, so why not channel your inner @alexipappas and let your marathon be a challenge of your boundaries and an appreciation & celebration of all your hard training at the same time - your body’s got you! The HILLS: None of these are steep, just gentle upward sloping flat sections, and most of the time, you can’t see them because they are covered in runners. And what we can’t see doesn’t scare us. 😉 Also, don’t pour over the course profile and every little bump, let the FB group worries becomes yours, and psych yourself up so much about “that hill at mile 18” that you have no choice but to walk it - as with everything in life, we run that hill when we come to it. And really, it was a comfortable long slow incline (about 1.5 miles) that gave me just the right reset for the last 6 miles as it slowed me down just enough to enjoy the final 10k of the marathon. The DOWNHILLS: You can lose the race on those downhills, and most runners tried to slow themselves down. But my inner trail runner kicked in and I knew if I didn’t let my legs have their own mind and windmill-arm my way down, my knees would not forgive me. For me, it was the right decision - but I’m used to hammer down hills and technical sections, and spent quite a bit of time learning downhill technique (thanks to @peak.running ), so trust your own experience at that point. #running #marathon #marathoner #marathonrunner #26.2 #leedsmarathon #robburrowleedsmarathon #racing #racereflections #loverunning #themarathonandme #raceday #hills #runsteepgethigh #runnershigh #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #relentlessforwardprogress #unexpectedpb #youarestrongerthanyouthink #trustthetraining #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #teammnd #runmnd
Approaching the finish line 🧡💙 #runfordaz #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #jtrunforall @ #runmnd #robburrowleedsmarathon @mnda
No running for me this week, so enjoy some more race photos and a little brain dump for you Sunday was my SLOWEST marathon time and there were times when I worried about having to tell people that it took me 6 hours 14 minutes to get round. I knew people would ask and for a split second I wondered how I would answer. 🤦🏼♀️ Surely it would be embarrassing! But then I remembered that this marathon was NEVER about time, it was about : 🧡Running as part of #teammnd 💙Being part of the first #RobBurrowLeedsMarathon 🧡Raising vital funds for @mndassoc - I have been raising money for the #MNDA for 13 years now. This will continue until a cure is found. #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure You can still donate via the link in my bio. It is too easy to get caught up with times and seeing others achieving PB’s and running fast times, but that isn’t ALL running is. We are all on different journeys. We all have different reasons for running. At the end of the run on Sunday, my cheeks ached as much as my legs. I think I smiled most of the way round that 26.2 miles - These race photos show that too. Why am I sharing this? Because I want to remind ME and anyone else that needs to hear it, be PROUD of the journey you are on. Celebrate the Finish lines, not just the Finish Times. Make sure you scroll to the last photo as you can see myself and @amyjaynetaylor9 boarding the struggle bus before the race even started 🤣 #RobBurrowLeedsMarathon #RobBurrowLeedsMarathon2023 #robburrowmarathon #robburrowmarathon2023 #leedsmarathon #leedsmarathon2023 #teammnd #RundMND #rularuns #Marathon #marathoner #26point2 #ukrunchat #ukrunners #womensrunninguk #womensrunningcommunity #loverunning #runforall #finishlinesnotfinishtimes #ownjourney
What a day! I ran a marathon !!! Nearly 50, over weight menopausal me actually ran a marathon fab day with amazing people with amazing support along the way, this one was for you lumbyboy 🧡💙 @run.mnd @jtrunforall @mndassoc #runfordaz #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
#medalmonday. My little marathoner heart is so full & sparkly. 💙🧡 And [swipe] the current amount raised for MND research in the fight against this dreadful disease through the #robburrowleedsmarathon. The good coming together to run can do is limitless. #running #marathonrunning #marathon #leedmarathon2023 #togetherwerun #findacure #als #mnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #runforthosewhocant #keepgoing #runmnd #teammnd #runningislife #26.2 #iwasflying
I’ve been really struggling to post this, because I still don’t have the words Running a pretty brutal marathon (hills for days and heat) with the #mndcommunity and my @run.mnd family was just amazing. Crossing the finish line and seeing #robburrow and Lindsey cheering everyone over the line was just 🥰🥰🥰 The support on the course was also amazing - Leeds you were awesome. I’m off to go 😢 some more. If you would still like to donate, the link is in my bio #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #teammnd #runmnd #medalmonday #RobBurrowLeedsMarathon #RobBurrowLeedsMarathon2023 #robburrowmarathon #robburrowmarathon2023 #leedsmarathon #leedsmarathon2023 #teammnd #RundMND #rularuns #Marathon #marathoner #26point2 #ukrunchat #ukrunners #womensrunninguk #womensrunningcommunity #loverunning #runforall
Magic marathon!! Official time: 4:19:46. 🥳 and I have NO IDEA how. I completely ran by effort and feel, not checking my watch at all. High fived a gazillion little hands, had a chat or two (so great to see @rularuns !), cried a little when I saw people pushing buggies with MND sufferers, SO enjoyed the views, took lots of pics, smiled through bottlenecks (some narrow roads there…), motivated the Otley crowds to cheer us on (not sure where this came from… maybe my inner introvert fell off 😂), ran all the hills (didn’t notice them until I was on top, with all those runners covering them 😅), channeled my inner Goggins at mile 18 when everyone simply started to walk 🤷♀️ (just a nice steady 1.5 mile incline - the power of psychology), shouting “COME ON GUYS! WE DID NOT TRAIN THREE MONTHS TO WALK THIS!”, and around mile 15 “COME ON! Run for those who can’t!!” - worked on some runners both times 😋 - ; I drank at all water stations, had all my gels without feeling sick once, and just enjoyed the heck out of this one. At mile 24, back in Leeds city, I checked my watch and thought “Oh! OH! To get my Berlin time I’d have to run the next two miles at 12 min/mile… I can do that! Simples! Maybe I can beat it after all??”, and just went for it. Not at 12 min miles, but at 8:30min/miles 😇 (by accident. Just felt good.) Nothing hurt, just tired muscles, so why not. Because I had weaved so much my watch showed 26.2 way before I reached the stadium, and I had no idea whether my time would match Berlin but I had enough in the tank for a Stadium sprint finish 😊💪🏃🏻♀️ And got a cheeky PB on this hilly course (1286ft elevation) by 1:31… A magic marathon!! Tell you something: Especially when you travel for it, stop fixating so much on times and paces if you’re a marathoner, you know your body well enough to feel what’s right - and then just go and PB in how much you can possibly enjoy 26.2 miles! I simply LOVE marathons 💙🧡 Feeling great, next one, please 😋 #running #roadrunning #raceday #marathon #marathoner #26.2 #leedsmarathon #robburrowleedsmarathon #teammnd #runmnd #rundorthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #keepgoing #runsteepgethigh #loverunning
Ready for the hills of Leeds! Well, admittedly I forgot (= blanked out) that there is no flat bit here, and I’m 💩 my running pants thinking of those 23 miles of basically pure uphill tomorrow… Let me take the Peak District climbs any day, but on the roads without little picnics in the middle? 😱 Up and over, I say! 💪😅 I’ll do fast thunder thighs again in autumn, but tomorrow is not about time; it is for the fight against #mnd , as Leeds comes together to #runforthosewhocant 💙🧡💙🧡 #running #roadrunning #marathon #marathoner #hillymarathon #flatlay #robburrowleedsmarathon #leedsmarathon2023 #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #als #keepgoing #wecandohardthings #teammnd #runmnd #mndassociation #runwithamateforamate
All ready for tomorrow's @jtrunforall Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon @mndassoc #TeamMND 🧡💙 #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #robburrowleedsmarathon
Coronation Chicken run. 8 very easy miles this morning, no taper-tantrum, just turning the legs over and convincing myself that the knee niggles that suddenly appeared are just phantom pains. 🙄 Gentle hill slopes were later made up for with the first ice cream lolly of the year 😋 - my nutrition is en point. PS.: No chicken were dished up as part of this run. #running #roadrunning #marathontraining #marathon #leedsmarathon #robburrowleedsmarathon #marathontaper #tapering #tapertantrum #maranoia #oneweektogo #26.2 #runmnd #runforthosewhocant #youcan #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #keepgoing #coronationweekend
I do enjoy life in Tapertown. Runs are idyllic and super easy, I’m relaxed, and the reduced mileage and effort do not give me hallucinations at all. 🥕😅 #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #runninglife #racemonth #marathontraining #marathon #robburrowleedsmarathon #leedsmarathon #tapering #taperlife #takeiteasy #trustthetraining #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #inyourmemory #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #onemoreweektogo
Safely arrived in Tapertown today after a great race yesterday. I’m looking forward to running #leedsmarathon, I think, even though it won’t be a PB course, hilly, and likely emotional. Speaking of hills - if anyone wants to know what the hill up to the #finishline of the @mkmarathon is like, I refer you to my beautifully painful ‘when-will-this-end-omg-relief’ race photos. 😂 #running #roadrunning #racing #halfmarathon #mkhalfmarathon #uphillfinish #finishlinefeels #loverunning #evenifitdoesntlooklikeit #raceday #facesaysitall #tapertime #marathon #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #runforthosewhocant #keepgoing
Absolutely blown away by the support I've received for my fundraising. On Thursday I posted that I had reached £600 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and now my fundraising currently stands at £945 with 13 days to go until the big day #teammnd 🧡💙 #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
A few recovery miles today albeit with a few hills. Warm enough for the @mndassoc vest to spread awareness. #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure Took the @hoka_eu Mach5 out for a bit of extra cushioning. It has just highlighted how firm the @altrarunninguk Escalante Racer's midsole is. Its not a bad thing by any means but just something to bear in mind! #running #run #runner #runningcommunity #runningin40s #gettingitdone #dailyrun #winning #strava #runningmotivation #runhappy #runningshoes #runningshoereviews #runninggear #roadrunning #hilltraining #traininggoals #hoka #timetofly #flyhumanfly #altra #altrarunning #runnersofinstagram #dorset #exploredorset #weymouth #lovedorset #dorsetrunning #egdonheathharriers
Today, by accident, I broke 1:55hrs in a Halfmarathon & got myself a shiny PB. How? Well, well. I attached myself to the fabulous 1:55 pacer (fresh from London 26.2, and off to an ultra next week… this guy! 💪), thinking hey, I managed 10miles at a sub-9 min/mile pace before, and then I can just drop back, as long as I stay ahead of the 2:00 pacer. Great plan. 👌 Miles 1-9, all working well. Feels good, that pace, actually. Two @maurten_official gels whilst keeping the pace, not all over my shirt this time, felt sweeter than usual, but just the right amount of energy to power the motor. Sips of water at every station, most of it across my face and shirt though, drinking while moving needs some more work 💦 It was warm, so refreshing anyway. Mile 10. My mind starts a toy-throwing fight with my body. Legs throw my quads in, but my trail runner-trained mind says it won’t get worse than that, you’re just starting to get tired. You’ve never held a sub-9 pace for more than 10. Wait a minute. You never held this pace for longer and ALMOST DIED when you crossed that 10 mile finish line. Body: Oh don’t be so dramatic. What’s another 3 miles. If you slow down you won’t pick it up again. Wait, where is the pacer? We lost him somewhere behind us. 🤷♀️ Mile 11. Mind: Don’t you DARE go over 9min/miles now. Wait, what’s this… is this… an uphill? WTF? What Machiavellian-minded twat (so sorry. My mind doesn’t have manners any more at this point in a race.) throws in a hill and a steady uphill at mile 11 until the finish line? 😱 Okay, you got this. You want to run Leeds in two weeks, what do you think that’s going to be like, a water park with amusement 🛝? Keep going. Mile 12.5. Body: Excuse me but I cannot lift up these quads any longer. Mind: Yep. Mile 12.9. An @officialolneyrunners team mate appears at the sideline and cheers so hard I have no choice. Body & mind: ENGAGE POCKET ROCKET MODE. 🚀 Weaving between two guys in the finish line tunnel (sorry but you just weren’t in rocket mode!), we manage with our classic sprint finish. 1:54:20, says the watch. 🥳 1:54:17 say the official @mkmarathon results. 🏅5:03mins shaved off the @mkwinterhalf result 🔥
It’s my fourth Runniversary! Today four years ago I started to run with intention, training for the #bournemouthmarathonfestival. My first 10k race felt like such an achievement, and I thought I could eat ALL the pizza afterwards 😇 (guess how happy I was when I learned later that you can do long runs in the hills WHILST eating pizza 😋) I taught my body and mind what it feels like to push yourself, and what it is like to just let go and run your own way. I took it from the roads to the trails, from 5k to several marathons and more, from 20 minutes to hours and hours on my feet, from grief to happiness and back and then with grief and as much happiness as I could find, from PB’s to OH WOW’S about what my body could accomplish, from you cant’s to I certainly can’s, from ‘you’re crazy’ to ‘let’s test that!’ I started not to compromise on movement, love, or laughter, and on good days to join them all up. I learned that I could lean into hard moments and they wouldn’t break me. Running makes me show up for myself and for others, sharing all the deep, deep goodness and fulfilment this activity can bring, even on the worst days, runs, races (and we do all have them; but what matters is they are just drops in an immense ocean of grit and perseverance). And so I’ll #keepgoing. There may be a day when I can’t do this any more, but today is not that day. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathoner #myheartbeats26.2 #26point2 #runnerslife #runniversary #loverunning #runningislife #runningcommunity #runmotivation #runhappy #keepchasingyourdreams #runover40 #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #relentlessforwardprogress #keepshowingup #keepmoving #lifeisbeautiful
2 weeks today, I’ll have hopefully competed the Rob Burrows Leeds Marathon! Have I trained?? Nope! Am I ready?! Who knows. But with the MND family’s help, determination and my Angel on my shoulder all the way, I can do it! And it’s all part of the warm up for a 100 miler the weekend after!! #robburrowsmarathon #robburrow #kevinsinfield #mnd #mndawareness #motorneuronediseaseassociation #runner #marathon #runmnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #uncle #friends #family #ianprattmndfoundation
This time in two weeks, I will have hopefully completed the #robburrowsleedsmarathon as part of #teammnd My dad died from MND back in 2010. He was only 61!!! He has missed out on SO much 😢 He looked forward to being an old man, he used to talk about sitting in the arm chair, smoking a pipe. He looked forward to being with his grandchildren. My daughter never got the chance to meet him. He was taken too soon. 💔 His #MND diagnosis happened on the 9th November 2009 and then he died on 1st July 2010. In that time, the deterioration was devastating. My mum was a total hero and cared for him. I don’t know how she did it. The week before he died we were away together as a family and I remember trying to lift him, but I couldn’t, yet my mum lifted him to bed, into his chair. She was just amazing!!! #MNDSUCKS and there really does need to be a cure found and I will always fundraise for @mndassoc to help find that cure as I hate to think of families going through this devastating disease. My justgiving page is linked in my bio and if you have any spare pennies, it really could help find a cure for this awful disease. #imissmydad #motorneuronedisease #mnda #mndawareness #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #teammnd #runmnd #formydad #leedsmarathon #fundraising #run #runner #ukrunchat #marathon #marathoner #reasonstorun
My name is a lonesome runner. Today I feel like a spring bud about to burst with life. Sometimes I am a lioness. Sometimes I am a tortoise. But always I am showing up. I ask the world “is he proud of me?” And the answer is Like a spring bud about to burst with life. (Template by @joseph.fasano . Inspiration by @parker_who ) #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #spring #springtime #springtraining #marathontraining #leedsmarathon #robburrowmarathon2023 #runmnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #26.2 #keepgoing #poetryinmotion (literally)
Still cold, but there was sunshine today! Stacking the miles up early this week to have an easy weekend before the @mkmarathon Half, and then it’s #leedsmarathon taper time 🏃🏻♀️ That definitely came around faster than I can run a mile… #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #runningmotivation #marathontraining #almosttimetofly #robburrowleedsmarathon #aprilrunning #morningmiles #sunshinesmiles #runwithyourdog (she did 1.5 miles 🐶) #loverunning #keepshowingup #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
This last rest week did me some good, and the road greeted me this morning with a sense of regained strength - although it might just all be in my head as I’m never doing too well with real down weeks 😅 One more week until the @mkmarathon Half, and three until #leedsmarathon - here’s to hoping that for those races, or at least one of them, the weather finally decides that it is, in fact, spring and not this cold and rainy nonsense that means I’m still wearing gloves when walking the dog as my fingers are freezing holding the umbrella… 🤞 🏃🏻♀️ ☀️ #running #roadrunning #marathontraining #halfmarathontraining #aprilshowers #aprilshivers #springtraining #runninglife #aprilrunning #keepshowingup #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
#marathontraining #runfordaz #leedsmarathon #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
It feels a real privilege to be able to produce these hoodies and add loved ones names to the back 🥰 Swipe to see With only 4 and 1/2 weeks until the #robburrowleedsmarathon I’ve had quite a few personalised orders recently. Running in memory of someone just gives you a little more 🔥 to get out and train. Leeds will be blue and orange on Sunday 14th May 💙🧡 #rularunsdesigns #teammnd #runninginmemory
Just need to double this and a bit more 5 weeks today.... #runfordaz #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mnda #leedsmarathon #toooldforthisshit
Easter Saturday long run with cruise intervals - just me, the roads, bouncy lambs, finally a little sunshine, and every uphill I could include on this local distance. A few miles at marathon pace (accidentally a bit faster, but do I know what my marathon pace is these days? 🤷♀️), and trying to keep the momentum on the inclines ✔️ Another 16 miles across the week (I started running without my phone a lot for peace of mind and feeling lighter, so no pics) made up this recovery week, but for some reason my energy levels haven’t been quite where they should be lately, and my mind is all over the place. Let’s hope I can train the mind muscle up again as much as the legs in this marathon cycle, 5 weeks to go to #leedsmarathon2023 and no space for those negative thoughts if the body needs all the help it can get to cover those Yorkshire roads! Maybe it’s my nutrition, maybe it the winter #marathontraining, maybe it’s a busy time overall, maybe it’s something I don’t know about lurking in the background… whatever it is, I’ll keep working on those things I can control, and try my best for the rest. #running #roadrunning #weekendrunning #marathon #halfmarathon #mkhalfmarathon #raceseason #aprilrunning #easterrun #hillyrun #intervals #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #runmnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mindtomarathon #dontleavethemindbehind
Some days, when there is absolutely nothing that breaks the cloud covers and torrential rain showers, and you head out anyway to get your legs used to and happy about miles upon miles upon miles in any conditions, you may find that all the colours around you seem even brighter after your run. (Thank you @cavefeliciem for the wonderful bunch of spring and summer in one in my house ❤️) #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon2023 #lastdayofmarch #rainymonth #waitingforspring #highmileageweek #consistencyiskey #thereisnobadweather #keepshowingup #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Waiting for spring. Will I wish for those cold rainy runs back during my summer marathon training? Time will tell… 😅 #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #easyrun #shouldhavebeenatempobutwasnt #quadricepsniggles #takingiteasy #rainyrun #marchrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon #7weeksaway #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #findthelittlethingsthatmakeyousmile
#medalmonday🏅 #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #runningweekend #racing #roadrace #derby10k #derby10k2023 #pb #sundayrunday #raceday #medalmonday #loverunning #runninglife #marathontraining #38mileweek #finishedwithakiss #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #challengeyourself #joyofmovement #runmnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
A week in March: Sunday. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon2023 #robburrowsleedsmarathon #marchrunning #aweekoffsocialmedia #focusonyourself #breathe #runhappy #findyourownstride #stepoutofthegrind #rememberyourwhy #nocomparisons #notbecausewehaveto #becausewegetto #consistencyiskey #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #hilltraining #runsteepgethigh #sundaylongrun #easyweek #loverunning #runatyourownpace
A week in March: Saturday. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon2023 #robburrowsleedsmarathon #marchrunning #aweekoffsocialmedia #focusonyourself #breathe #runhappy #findyourownstride #stepoutofthegrind #rememberyourwhy #nocomparisons #notbecausewehaveto #becausewegetto #consistencyiskey #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #tiredlegs #fartlekrun #loverunning #runatyourownpace
A week in March: Thursday. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon2023 #robburrowsleedsmarathon #marchrunning #aweekoffsocialmedia #focusonyourself #breathe #runhappy #findyourownstride #stepoutofthegrind #rememberyourwhy #nocomparisons #notbecausewehaveto #becausewegetto #consistencyiskey #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #easyrun #easy10k #loverunning #runatyourownpace
A week in March: Tuesday. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon2023 #robburrowsleedsmarathon #marchrunning #aweekoffsocialmedia #focusonyourself #breathe #runhappy #findyourownstride #stepoutofthegrind #rememberyourwhy #nocomparisons #notbecausewehaveto #becausewegetto #consistencyiskey #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #hilltraining #tuesdayrun #loverunning #runatyourownpace
Rob Burrows Marathon is creeping up! Just two months to go TODAY!! Check out @rularunsdesigns current designs for t-shirts, sweaters and hoodies! The genius that she is also makes bespoke, personalised designs… just give her a follow, drop her a message if there’s anything in mind! As someone who’s got t-shirts, hoodies and sweaters from this gorgeous gal, I can honestly say they are super soft, great quality and great value! https://www.rularuns.co.uk/teammnd-rob-burrow-marathon-tee/ @rularunsdesigns @run.mnd @mndassoc @mndscotland @darbyrimmermnd #runforrob #robburrowsmarathon #robburrowsmarathontraining #runforall #motorneuronediseaseawareness #mnd #runmnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mndwarrior #mndangels #runnersofinstagram #motorneuronediseaseawareness #sweater #designer #kevinsinfield
I’ll take that to round off a 90 mile week 😮💨 Not quite the time I wanted but the thought of a course PB after already running 77 miles this week was perhaps a stretch. I was only 1m16s off tho so I’ve gotta be happy with that! 😁 Great to see @isuthsruns at the start pacing the 1:30 group fresh from his little trip to Tokyo and my mate Kieran who I worked with 20 odd years ago and very much like me went from smoking and drinking to falling in love with running. 10k to 1/2 is his distance and he absolutely crushed it in 1:19 knocking 2 mins off his PB 🤩 I set off at 1:27 pace 16 seconds under my course PB and was on target until just before the half way point when the tiredness set in and the wheels started to come off. No matter how hard I felt I was pushing I just couldn’t go any faster and was losing approx 10 seconds per km until the last few kms when I just gave it everything 😫 I’ve just looked back and my PB from last year was after 3 days rest and I’d done the half as the second of my long runs. This year I did it on one days rest and I’d already done both of my b2b long runs. Last year 52 miles run in the week prior compared to this years 77 miles so I’m 💯 taking this as a victory ✌️ If you’re wondering why I don’t have a medal 🥇 I thought I’d entered this half months ago, turns out I hadn’t 🤦🏻♂️ so entered last minute but they didn’t have enough medals to go around 😢 Great to be out reppin for #teammnd again #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure 💙🧡
Melting ice, black ice, crumbly ice, solid ice, mushy-mud ice, need-to-walk-ice, can-just-about-run-on-this-ice, ministry-of-funny-runs-ice… had just about everything this morning, but it was a sunny cold morning and therefore one of my favourites no matter what 😊 Didn’t plan my nutrition too well (or at all, before and during) and ended up mixing too many things, such as an @otesportsgb super gel I accidentally grabbed, followed by a @kendalmintco bar, all with a dose of @tailwindnutritionuk , so my HR was somehow artificially up for about 25 mins 🤦♀️ Talk about pimping my run 😅 Always something to learn from those long miles…. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #marathontraining #leedsmarathon2023 #morningrun #longrun #saturdaylongrun #marchrunning #balancingact #runningnutrition #runnersfoodabc #loverunning #runninglife #15milesofsunshine #relentlessforwardprogress #keepgoing #runforthosewhocant #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #thisiswhy #darumlaufenwir
Today this amazing girl had 12.5 inches cut off her hair to raise money for @mndassoc in memory of her grandad as she wants to help raise money to find a cure🧡💙. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/weloveyoudad65 @rob7lindsey @bigdeanoink @joboon0262 #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mndsucks #robburrowleedsmarathon #leedsmarathon #doingitfordad #alssucks
Sunday mornings. #running #trailrunning #marathontraining #easyrun #easyweek #lowmileageweek #trainingplan #robburrowleedsmarathon #morningmiles #consistencyiskey #switchoffandreset #keepgoing #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
Longest run in 9 months! After watching Kevin Sinfields “Going The Extra Mile” I decided 6am is the time to get my ass in gear and get big miles in! Running over the Itchen Bridge is still a wicked thing to do! With the #robburrowsmarathon creeping up and the Viking 100 miler the following weekend, uni life can take a back seat for 1 day #robburrowleedsmarathon #kevinsinfield #runmnd #mndawareness #ianprattfoundation #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Danny-Beddows2 First week of marathon training done and my highest weekly mileage for a long time. I'm starting to feel like the old Danny, the sub 1:40 half marathon Danny. Been really focusing on my strength as well, so to stave of those minor niggles. #leedsmarathon2023 #mndassociation #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #teammnd
Bit of speedwork this morning to fire up the legs before work. #teammnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #leedsmarathon2023
-4 out there, that cold her hair and eyebrows froze 🤣 think this marathon will kill us off 🤣🤣 #marathontraining #runfordaz #runmnd mnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mnda #robburrowsmarathon
16 weeks today, I’m hoping to have crossed the finish line of the #robburrowmarathon 🤞🏻 This first photo is of me and my dad was his last Christmas. 😢That moustache suited him (me not so much 🤣) But I think he would have loved to have grown old with a moustache and probably a pipe, but #MND had other idea 😭 I have been raising funds and awareness for @mndassoc for nearly 13 years now and there is still no cure for this vile disease! This marathon cycle will not be about getting faster, it will be about being fit enough to get round and enjoy it. Can you enjoy a marathon? 🤷🏼♀️ @run.mnd will be out in force on the 14th May and I think Leeds will be turned blue and orange 💙🧡 So we go again! #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #ForMyDad #teammnd
Let the 4 and a half months of hell begin.... #mnda #runfordaz #runmnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #oneandonlybloodymarathon
Mnd santa run around beautiful Faurburn ings with @manda_apperley #santarun #mnda #runfordaz #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
So proud of these two for taking part in #thebigmnddip today! To say it was chilly would be an understatement but they got on with it. For all those people whose lives have been affected by #mnd #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure
https://twitter.com/bbcbreakfast/status/1598195189322960896?s=46&t=roMBj6mItStodSKY2lMuSg https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63821228.amp @rob7lindsey #mndsucks #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #mndawareness #mnd #family #loveyoudad #cbeebies #awareness #childrenstv #robburrow #uk
Hit my annual 1000 mile goal yesterday with a fast mile around the lake after a leisurely 9 miler 🥳 I was relieved to realise I had it in me - not the 1000 miles, but the 10th one yesterday… This November weather so far hasn’t been my favourite for running - not exactly warm but kind of balmy, but not nice balmy, more like being swaddled by the moist side of a wet wipe…! It also meant I wasn’t sleeping well, and felt generally tired and fatigued the last couple of weeks without knowing exactly why, which takes a bit of a toll on my mind. I know that I’m back in one of the base building phases after a hard training cycle, and I know perfectly well that I couldn’t maintain that peak I had at the time around my marathon, that I have to come down from the hill on the other side, but still, it is a bit frustrating to feel it’s harder again, and wishing for that easy feeling back. Telling yourself on every run it will get there again, trust the process, that’s what I’m out here for, that’s why I train, it helps, but sometimes the self-talk doesn’t quite get through to you. I suppose getting used to these cycles of building and rebuilding, and staying strong throughout, mentally more so than physically, is one of those important things to learn as a runner. Trust the cycles. For my ‘fun races’ in the coming weeks, I might simply not be racing at my best, but to my current potential. And at the moment, that’s fine with me. It was a really good running year. All 1000 miles of it. #running #roadrunning #trailrunning #endurancerunning #winterraces #runnersofinstagram #runninggoals #runningcommunity #runstrong #recoverstronger #runstoppable #runspire #runhappy #runforthosewhocamt #nofinishlineuntilthereisacure #keepgoing #relentlessforwardprogress #trusttheprocess #1000milesin2022