The UGM Runners’ Blog: Our Top 10 Tips for Race Day
The UGM Runners’ Blog is our series of blogs dedicated to our International Runners. Written by a former UGM Runner, these posts share training tips, fundraising ideas and travel advice- all designed to help our 2016 Runners get the best out of their six-day adventure… and the weeks leading up to the event! There’s […]
The UGM Runners’ Blog: 5 Tips for Preparing to Race in Uganda
The UGM Runner’s Blog is our series of blogs dedicated to our International Runners. Written by a former UGM Runner, they share training tips, fundraising ideas and travel advice- all designed to help our 2016 Runners get the best out their six-day adventure…and the weeks leading up to the event! It’s hard to believe. In 65 […]
The UGM Runners’ Blog: 10 tips for kicking off your fundraising
Welcome to our second UGM Runners’ blog, where we dedicate a weekly post to helping our 2016 International Runners prepare for their six-day adventure. We cover everything from training advice to fundraising advice, and will even cover travel tips closer to the event. This series of blogs is all about helping you, our runners, to have the most fun […]
The UGM Runners’ Blog: 13 tips for kicking off your training
Welcome to our first ‘UGM Runners’ blog’, especially dedicated to our 2016 International Runners. From now until June 5th, we’ll have a weekly blog covering training tips for all three UGM races (10K, 21K & 42K), and fundraising tips too. We want these blogs to be as helpful as possible, to help you have the […]
Uganda Marathon 2016: Social Training Run Schedule
Following our first training run for our 2016 Runners at Peckham Rye parkrun in January, Mark (our running expert & certified athletics coach) has put together a social training schedule leading up to the Uganda Marathon in June. With a variety of events and distances, there’s something for everyone, whether you’re training for the full […]
UGM Parkruns are Back for 2016! We’ll be at Peckham Rye Park this Weekend
So you’ve decide to run the Uganda Marathon (or half or 10K) this June… You’re been getting into your running routine, but you’re starting to realise those training runs can get quite lonely sometimes… Or you can’t believe how the January weeks have flown by, and ‘Go for a first run’ is still on your to-do list… […]
How Running the Uganda Marathon Made My Year
A year ago in December, I made the decision to take on a challenge in 2015. I was going to run the Uganda Marathon. I’d dabbled in running now and then, but I was far from a ‘seasoned runner’. Neither was I particularly fit at the time- a gym member, yes, but in name only. But when I […]
A Newbie Runner’s Perpective: The Anticipation of Race Day
Week 7- A Newbie Runner’s Perspective: The Anticipation of Race day Training’s complete. Just some packing to do this weekend and then I fly to Uganda. Then six days after my arrival, I take on the Uganda Marathon! So with eight days to go and limited race experience, how am I feeling and how do […]
The Road to Uganda: A Newbie’s Marathon Training Diary – Week 6 to Week 12
Week 6- My First Ever Half Marathon and Tapering Time Wow. How time flies… I can’t believe it’s been eleven weeks since I began training for the Uganda marathon and struggled to complete a 5K in my first training session. Now with only 18 days to go until the race and all my long distance […]
Dairy of a UGM Runner in Training – Week 8
By Paul Lacey 4 Weeks and Counting It’s four weeks until race day!! We are have broken the back of marathon training now and the excitement is starting to pick up. The few weeks (my bad!) since my last blog post has seen the culmination of my high mileage aerobic base building phase and the […]