http://www.neillock.co.uk/training-blog/2009/01/fair-havens-training-run-125-miles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fair-havens-training-run-125-miles Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.neillock.co.uk/training-blog/2009/01/fair-havens-training-run-125-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Training Blog: Neil Lock takes on the 2009 London Marathon for Fair Havens Hospice… » Southend - 20 miles…The Long One Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:19:49 +0000 http://www.neillock.co.uk/training-blog/?p=34#comment-21 [...] Having completed an 18milers a few weeks ago the next stage was to get to 20miles and today was the day to accomplish that! Heading down to southend at silly-o’clock on a wet and dreary saturday morning I was aware that I was about to put myself through a challenge, reffering back to my blog in January… I have never been to Rayleigh, so the route was a complete unknown to me other than the passing comments from others to expect some hills at the end. This was by no means an understatement. At about mile 9 I believe it was, we hit a fairly steep incline and from that point on it felt that there was a consistent rise in gradient. The last 3.5 miles certainly tested me. Fair Havens Training Run 12.5 Miles [...] [...] Having completed an 18milers a few weeks ago the next stage was to get to 20miles and today was the day to accomplish that! Heading down to southend at silly-o’clock on a wet and dreary saturday morning I was aware that I was about to put myself through a challenge, reffering back to my blog in January… I have never been to Rayleigh, so the route was a complete unknown to me other than the passing comments from others to expect some hills at the end. This was by no means an understatement. At about mile 9 I believe it was, we hit a fairly steep incline and from that point on it felt that there was a consistent rise in gradient. The last 3.5 miles certainly tested me. Fair Havens Training Run 12.5 Miles [...]

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