Month: November 2016

  • Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon (Part 3 – Race Day)

    Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon (Part 3 – Race Day)

    So, race day. Firstly, having to wake up at 5am for a race is no fun, waking up in a Cars themed hotel room and having somebody interrupt your race-day prep to take pictures even less so, especially when you know the photographer is going back to sleep for another few hours, hence the grumpy/asleep face…

  • Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon (Part 2 – Disneyland)

    Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon (Part 2 – Disneyland)

    So, fast-forward a few weeks and I’m in Paris, up to now, bar one “bad” 13 mile Sunday training run (where I’d fallen apart at 8 miles) my preparation had gone great, well apart from two long days in Disneyland with super-excited three year old wanting to sit on my shoulders for hours on end…

  • Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon 2016 (Part 1 – The road to Disneyland)

    Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon 2016 (Part 1 – The road to Disneyland)

    So, Sarah from Pudsey Pacers asked me to do a write up of the Disneyland Paris 1/2 Marathon and as she’s kind enough to coach the group I run with twice a week, there was no way I could refuse. Important Note: This got massively long (so big I split it over 3 posts), if…