Myself and Marco have been on an awesome journey now for some time. With 5k,10k and marathon pb's in the last year or so we knew we still had one more distance to sort out, the half marathon.
Marco's pb stood at 1 hour 31 minutes and 51 seconds set at the Wokingham Half Marathon in February of 2020. However, due to the progress that Marco has made in recent months it was obvious that he was now capable of running so much faster. We just needed a good campaign and good weather come race day.
After a 14 week campaign focused entirely on the Cardiff Half on the 27th of March 2022, the big day finally arrived. Marco had been fantastic in training ,executing all of my sessions to the standard that I expect from a runner of Marco's quality. Come race day conditions were perfect and despite starting a little fast Marco held on for a superb 1 hour 26 minutes and 51 seconds, this was a huge 4 minutes and 0 seconds faster than his old time! To put that into perspective it equates to 23 seconds per mile improvement which is obviously massive!
Marco's continued improvement is a reflection of the quality he now holds as a runner. Keep checking my blog for more of Marco's improvements in the near future, exciting times!
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