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What Happens When You Ask AI to Rate Your London Marathon Training Block?
What happens when you hand your London Marathon Block training data to AI? A full week-by-week breakdown of long runs, races, and taper maranoia.
Darren Last
Apr 263 min read
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Chicago Marathon 2024 Race Review - My Kind of Town
Chicago! The Windy City, home of The Bears, The Bulls & deep-dish Pizza. Now, here I am, to take on the Chicago Marathon. This is my review.
Darren Last
Oct 25, 20247 min read
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Manchester Marathon 2024 Race Review - Some Might Say The Best Yet
Some might say that the Manchester Marathon 2024 was one of the best marathons yet for me. This is my race review on how the day unfolded.
Darren Last
Apr 18, 20246 min read
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How to run a marathon
With more people running marathons I am often asked, how to run a marathon? So here it is, in my humble opinion.......how to run a marathon.
Darren Last
Jan 31, 202411 min read
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London Marathon 2023 Race Review - Wet Wet Wet
The London Marathon is not just 26.2 miles, it is a life changing experience Here is my review of how the 2023 race went for me.
Darren Last
May 9, 20236 min read
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London Marathon 2022 - Three Is The Magic Number - Race Report
Three seconds was all that remained to get below the milestone of sub 3:20 at the 2022 London Marathon. A great day and this is my story.
Darren Last
Oct 6, 20228 min read
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London Marathon 22 - The Long Hot Summer
Its been the 'Long Hot Summer' for London Marathon training but here we are in race week. This is how it's gone.
Darren Last
Sep 29, 20224 min read
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Brighton Marathon 2022
Brighton Marathon 2022. Famous for its stunning seaside, iconic pier and bohemian vibe. This is my account of how the day turned out.
Darren Last
Apr 13, 202210 min read
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Tapering the Maranoia
In endurance sports tapering is the last part of your plan where you start to reduce your training.......and then maranoia starts to set in.
Darren Last
Sep 27, 20214 min read
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