THE ALMGREN CHALLENGE

4:40 MILE AGED 52?

SUB 4:20 1500m AGED 52 // Attempt #1

10 DAYS OF TRAINING & AN ABORTED 1500m ATTEMPT

SUB 2:50 1,000M AGED 52 // ATTEMPT #2

2:08 800m aged 52? // Attempt #2

WHAT’S NEXT? // How fast can we go aged 52?

SUB 2:50 1000m ATTEMPT // Aged 52

2:08 800M ATTEMPT // Aged 52

NEXT GOAL: 2:08 800m aged 52

SUB 60 SECOND 400M ATTEMPT // Aged 52

How fast can we go? // Aged 52

Getting faster…

WHAT’S NEXT? Getting tested and setting goals

GOLD COAST MARATHON 2026 // Update on the nephew & full race weekend debrief

GOLD COAST MARATHON 2026 // Sub 2:30 marathon attempt aged 52

GOLD COAST MARATHON // Immediate post race thoughts

SURFERS PARADISE PARKRUN // July 4, 2026

IT’S HERE // Gold Coast marathon // Sub 2:30 aged 52

ONE WEEK TO GO! // Last bits of training for the Gold Coast marathon // Sub 2:30 aged 52

A POSITIVE MINDSET // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 50 // 2 weeks to Gold Coast marathon

WORLD CUP SPECIAL! Last long run before race day // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52

3 WEEKS TO THE GOLD COAST MARATHON // Sub 2:30 aged 52

A WEEK OF QUALITY SESSIONS // 4 weeks to Gold Coast marathon // sub 2:30 aged 52

PLAYING THE CARDS YOU’RE DEALT // Gold Coast marathon in 5 weeks // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52

Not the race I wanted but you gotta have the bad ones // CALGARY HALF MARATHON 2026

Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52 // 6 WEEKS TO GOLD COAST MARATHON - Time to pivot

7 WEEKS TO GOLD COAST MARATHON // sub 2:30 aged 52

8 WEEKS TO GO AND THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO PLAN // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52

NOT THE WEEK I WANTED // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52 // 9 weeks to go…

THE 110 MILE (175km) WEEK // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52

33:XX 10k aged 52 // Full race review and POV footage + stats // Vancouver Sun Run

IMMEDIATE POST-RACE THOUGHTS (Vancouver Sun Run)

Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52 // Training week 5 - Vancouver Sun Run

THE CONUNDRUM // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52 // Training week 5 for the Gold Coast marathon

SUB 2:30 MARATHON AGED 50 // Training week 4

IGNORING ARTIFICIAL GOALS // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52 //. Ğold coast marathon training week 3

GOING FOR GOLD // TRAINING WEEK 2 // Sub 2:30 marathon aged 52 (Gold Coast marathon)

WEEK 1 - Gold Coast marathon sub 2:30 aged 52

5 EXERCISES FOR A SUB 2:30 MARATHON AGED 52

BEGIN AGAIN // SUB 2:30 aged 52 - Gold Coast marathon build

PULLING THE PLUG

VANCOUVER FIRST HALF HALF-MARATHON POV FOOTAGE & RACE RUN-DOWN // 71 min half aged 52

SO THIS IS HOW WE DID… // Raw unedited post-race thoughts after the Vancouver half marathon

THE DAY BEFORE THE VANCOUVER HALF // sub 70 aged 51?

Will this training get me sub 70 in the half marathon aged 51?

HOW I RAN A 70 MINUTE HALF AGED 51 … and how I plan to get faster still.

GARMIN GRIPES & TRAINING UPDATE (Vancouver half) // sub 70 aged 51

70:47 HALF MARATHON AGED 51 - How it all went down in Houston (POV race footage)

WE DID IT! 70:47 aged 51 at the Houston half…

THE DAY BEFORE THE HOUSTON HALF // Sub 72 aged 51

Houston Half marathon update // sub 72 aged 51

Sub 72 half marathon aged 51

…and the Jalas Champions for the win!

TIME TO GET SERIOUS // Sub 72 half aged 51

RUNNING AS FAST AS EVER // sub 72 half aged 51

BATTERSEA PARKRUN - Fitness test // sub 72 half marathon

HALF MARATHON TRAINING IN BRUTAL WINTER TEMPERATURES // sub 72 mins aged 51

RACES PLANNED - how I recovered and what’s next…

NYC MARATHON - full (honest) debrief & what’s next // Sub 2:30 aged 51