The Marathon calculator

Some time ago I came across a really fascinating article (https://medium.com/running-with-data/perfect-pacing-at-the-london-marathon-95f09db2ac5c) written by Barry Smyth, a data scientist from Ireland. At the time the article wasn’t stuck behind a paywall, so to summarise what Barry did as the introduction outlines was: An analysis of more than 215,000 London Marathon runners during the period 2011–2016; How … Continue reading The Marathon calculator

Valencia – Beautiful

As brutal as Boston was, Valencia was beautiful from a personal and professional point of view. I’ll add my thoughts on the personal first, then the professional. I’ve never paced a marathon well – this was my 7th. Too often I go off too fast – this being the case for the last 2, London … Continue reading Valencia – Beautiful