#175: Swansea half marathon race recap - running for the team, controlling the race and navigating public transport!

About this episode

Alan Ladd recaps his experience running the Swansea half marathon for Northern Ireland masters, discussing logistics, race strategy, and personal takeaways.

Today's episode is a race recap from Swansea half marathon where I was running for Northern Ireland masters alongside clubmates Andrew and Dawn. Running 5 weeks after pacing Belfast was always going to be a different challenge in finding some fitness and plan without having any structured half marathon prep behind me. I talk through the logistics of getting to and from the race which weren't straightforward, my plan going into the race and how it panned out and what I enjoyed most about the experience. I share the takeaways including the things that worked well and what I can improve on next time. I have a few slots still available for one to one coaching which takes the guesswork out of your training and racing. Find out more here: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.therunningrules.com/coaching

People in this episode

Host: Alan Ladd

Topics covered

• race recap
• Swansea half marathon
• running logistics
• fitness challenges
• coaching

Keywords

• Swansea half marathon
• Northern Ireland
• running logistics
• race strategy
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Northern Ireland, Swansea

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