Insights by XMILES

Where was your first marathon? My first marathon was London. It was a looooong time ago - 1997, I think. I finished in 3hrs 29mins. I can't remember what I ate at all. Training was typical - long run at...

Where was your first marathon? I did my first road marathon at Brighton Marathon 2011. My training mainly consisted of loops around the outer circle of Regent's park, gym, run commute to work. I didn't follow a training plan, or...

Where was your first marathon? My first marathon was London in 2007 and my time was 4:18 (I think!). I was very much not a runner currently! I barely did any training, simply because I didn't understand what was involved...

Where was your first marathon? My first marathon was a trail marathon in the New Forest. I remember using water and gels, but I couldn't tell you which gels I used. I chose to do a trail marathon as at...

Where was your first marathon? My first marathon was New York in 2007.  Training had gone well, and I was targeting a time of 2:45 to gain a pass into the British Championships at the following year's London Marathon.  That...

Where was your first marathon? I ran the Edinburgh Marathon when I was 22 and I had no idea what I was doing! It was so hard, I didn't know nutrition was a thing and apart from a couple of...