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      <title><![CDATA[Manchester Marathon 2026: Training Through Injury and Aiming for Sub 3:45]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three weeks out from the Manchester Marathon and my preparation has not gone to plan. A foot injury, a skiing holiday, and adjusted expectations — here is where I am heading into race day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Hartlepool to Manchester: My Running Journey]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How a lad from Hartlepool who could barely run 5K ended up running a marathon on one day notice — and why this site exists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Keep Training When You Are Injured]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A foot injury during marathon training forced me to rethink my approach. Here is what I learned about managing an injury without losing all your fitness.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How I Went From 50 Minutes to 41:15 in the 10K]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From a 50-minute 10K in 2017 to running 41:15 at the Hale 10K in 2026 — the training changes, the gaps, and what actually worked.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hale 10K 2026: A PB I Was Not Expecting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With a foot injury disrupting my training, I went into the Hale 10K with no time target. Came out with a 41:15 PB. Sometimes the best races happen when you stop trying to control the outcome.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Running and Engineering: Why They Are the Same Thing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As a Full Stack Engineer who runs, I have noticed that the skills that make you good at debugging code are the same ones that make you good at training. Here is why.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Running Gear Setup for 2026: What I Actually Use]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An honest look at the running gear I use every day — from shoes and watch to the small things that make a big difference in Manchester weather.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manchester Half Marathon 2025: Running a PB While Ill]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ill the day before the Manchester Half Marathon. Loaded up on cold and flu tablets, had a terrible sleep, still ran a personal best. Sometimes your body surprises you.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Favourite Running Routes in South Manchester]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Living in Altrincham means great running routes on the doorstep. The Bridgewater Canal, Sale Water Park, and some Cheshire countryside — here are the routes that get the most use.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[I Ran the Manchester Marathon on One Day Notice]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[My friend dropped out the night before. Zero marathon training. One day notice. Here is what happened across 42.4 kilometres.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Parkrun Tourism: Running in Cape Town]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Running parkrun in Cape Town was one of the highlights of my trip to South Africa. Greenpoint and Rondebosch — two very different parkruns with incredible scenery.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wilmslow Half Marathon 2025: Smashing My Sub 1:40 Target]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I set one big goal for early 2025: go sub 1:40 in the half marathon. The Wilmslow Half delivered — a fast course, perfect conditions, and a 1:38:17 finish.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why I Stopped Running Twice and What Brought Me Back]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In 2019 I ran 78 kilometres all year. In 2022, 138. Here is the honest truth about losing motivation, switching to the gym, and what eventually dragged me back to running.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Great North Run 2016: My First Ever Half Marathon]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Signed up for the Great North Run having never run more than 5K. 57,000 runners, Red Arrows overhead, and a finish on the South Shields seafront.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My First Parkrun: Hartlepool, April 2015]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On 4 April 2015, six days after my first ever run, Hartlepool Parkrun happened. 5K for the first time. Terrifying, brilliant, and possibly the start of something.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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