Month: April 2019

#grtwproject26.2 ‘It hurt but would I do it again? Yes!’

Posted on 25/04/201920/08/2019 by Rachael Woolston

With less than a week before the London marathon, our #grtwproject26.2 runner, Rachel Sparkhall, who we coached for the Paris Marathon has these thoughts to share for those about to run their first marathon in London… I sit here typing this as a marathon runner, feeling proud as punch even though the Paris marathon didn’t go quite according to plan. Right from the start, my pace was off target but I kept calm because the training that I’ve done with Tara of Girls Run the World has taught me to hold a little back at the start and aim

5 Ways to Tackle the Post marathon blues

Posted on 15/04/201920/08/2019 by Rachael Woolston

You feel so fantastic after crossing that finish line of the marathon, and it tides you right through to …ooh, about 24 hours later. Then the blues hit. Here’s our guide on how to avoid it – After spending 12 to even 20 weeks training for a marathon, and pretty much the last fortnight leading up to the marathon obsessing over every little detail, it’s small wonder that the majority of runners spend the next week feeling really down. It’s partly because you are left with a huge vacuum where all that training and obsessing used to sit in your diary

Girls Run the World interviews Julia Davis, winner of the South Downs Way 50 2019

Posted on 12/04/201920/08/2019 by Rachael Woolston

We talk to the astounding runner, Julia Davis, 32 who won the SDW50 2019, smashing the women’s course record on having the confidence to set your sights high and how to deal with race day gremlins…whatever distance you’re running to listen to our first podcast episode, click here.

#grtwproject26.2 ‘I said never again but….’

Posted on 12/04/201920/08/2019 by Rachael Woolston

With just two weeks to go before the Virgin Money London Marathon, our project26.2 first time marathon runner, Catriona Ward Sell reflects on the unexpected discoveries she’s made on her marathon training journey…. Easy running is difficult! Tara, my coach at GRTW, has probably found my tendency to run too fast concerning. Maybe I can contain my pace on the day – but maybe I can’t. I know she’s right, though; blowing out on pace early on at London will mean disaster. I take encouragement from the fact that I managed my pace well in the Oundle 20 miler

#grtwproject26.2 ‘Five things that have helped me through the taper terrors.’

Posted on 09/04/201920/08/2019 by Rachael Woolston

If you’ve still got a few weeks before your marathon, read about how our #grtwproject26.2 runner, Marie Knight coped with her first experience of marathon tapering Reviewing all that I’ve achieved Looking back at my training plan on Training Peaks, which GRTW use for virtual coaching, along with my weekly updates on Instagram has helped reinforce how prepared I am for this race…and how far I’ve come in 13 weeks. Six miles felt like a Long Run in the week after Xmas and soon I will be running 26.2 miles Yin Yoga Despite my doubts about this yin yoga at