After 49 days in Iten, Kenya, I boarded my shuttle to the airport with a bittersweet taste in my mouth. I had fallen in love with the place, and wanted to spend so much more time here. But at the same time, I knew the time had come to test my fitness. ...

After 49 days in Iten, Kenya, I boarded my shuttle to the airport with a bittersweet taste in my mouth. I had fallen in love with the place, and wanted to spend so much more time here. But at the same time, I knew the time had come to test my fitness. ...

Week 7. My final week in Kenya. The good news was I had been selected to represent my country at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff, Wales. It was to be my third time representing my country at this competition, having also been to the 20...

Week 6 was my big week, training wise. Time to see how far I had come in my Kenyan sojourn. I had a big tempo run scheduled – a half marathon tempo run, at altitude. It wasn’t going to be easy. A TV crew from Singapore had also flown in to ...

The highlight of Week 5 wasn’t the big 12 x 1000m workout I did with a Kenyan training group led by the Italian agent Demadonna. Nor was it the 22.5 miles long run, the longest of my 2016 year so far.

 
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Week 4 saw my training in Kenya gather momentum, and my body had finally built enough fitness for me to try mile repeats – always a useful indicator of my current fitness level.

 
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After allowing my body 2 weeks to acclimatize to Kenya with relatively lighter workouts, I was ready to start interval training in Week 3. With all track work to be done on the dirt track of Kamariny (suspected to be ~10m long), I did my best to base m...

After a week of acclimatization, I was ready to start ramping up training in my second week in Kenya. Approaching an altitude training camp is always tricky – on one hand, time is limited and you want to make the most of your stint. On the other,...

I’ve always been one for adventure. There’s just something about packing my bags, jetting off and seeing new lands, meeting people, making friends, and soaking in the diverse range of cultures from all across the world that appeals to my wa...