Sunday Run Down… Unlucky #13

As I start writing this, Mary Keitany has just crossed the finish line in London in 2 hours 17 minutes (her chip time hasn't been announced yet).  INCREDIBLE!! That's a minute or so off my first HALF marathon time, haha! I'll be doing well if I manage the marathon in DOUBLE that time! So inspiring!…

Sunday Run Down #6 My Longest Run EVER!

I know, its Monday not Sunday.  I had no internet access yesterday, turns out I'd taken the plug for the Wi-Fi router out to plug in the vacuum.   Oopsie. MONDAY Nada. Zero.Zilch.  I'm getting so bad at missing Monday workouts but I ended up in the office until 7pm. AGAIN. TUESDAY My gym buddy (who is…

Sunday Run Down #4 and #5

I've not abandoned my training, I just didn't have much to post about last week.  Week 4 of marathon training involved 60 minutes hot yoga on Tuesday and 7.5miles on Wednesday an that was all! I even missed my long run which should have been 12 miles.  I was so annoyed at myself because I…

Sunday Run Down #1 Running and Stuff…

I've been loosely following a beginner marathon programme already for months but didn't want to bore you all to death with my running updates so now that it's 16 weeks today (what?!? )I thought I'd start my weekly marathon training updates, to keep me accountable and take note of my progress. Ironically, my first week…

Fit Friday – Update

I've been loving working out the last few weeks, believe it or not I'm getting up every weekday to workout at 6am.  I wouldn't say I'm a morning person but I do feel much better if I start the day with a excercise. At the moment I have two gym memberships. One at my local…

The Sunday Run (2nd edition)

14 days.. I started the week off pretty good although I was a bit choked up with a cold but I was feeling pretty motivated. Monday - 8 miles.   I wasn't far off my usual pace so I felt good that I hadn't lost too much with my knee recovery and hoped I'd sweat…

Under Pressure

On Saturday my race number arrived with the post I have just under 3 weeks before I tackle Edinburgh Half Marathon, my training so far has been hindered with runners knee and I am currently suffering flu like symptoms and willing myself not to get sick.  I'm feeling sorry for myself, majorly!! I wish I…

No Pain, No Gain…or so they say

Previously on That Extra Inch:  Angela felt the need to torture herself some more and signed up to run Edinburgh Half Marathon. Dun dun dun... Since Alloa Half, I had done very little running maybe 3 or 4 runs. Runs with no goals, no pace in mind, no set mileage, no Garmin or Map my…

The mind is a strange thing…

I've been told by a number of people 'If you can run 10miles you'll manage to run 13.1miles'. I hope they are right.  Yesterday I ran 10miles...for the first time in my life!!  In all honesty I probably should have done this before yesterday (1 week before my first half marathon) however if you have…

The Sunday Run #4

Apologies, my attempts at posting this yesterday failed miserably. I dislike the treadmill. FACT. After being soaked to the bone on Mondays run I decided to try my luck with treadmill running for the rest of the week. I'm not a fan of the treadmill. I get bored very quickly, I hate the thumping of…