Last Sunday 18 October I ran 19.6 miles of the Yorkshire Marathon. Then I stepped off the course and took off my bib. This post, and the video that goes with it, is about that DNF: the race I did not finish.
Since Sunday, lots of people have asked me how the Yorkshire Marathon went. When I tell them I bailed out just short of 20 miles, they offer their sympathies and commiserations, almost as if I have been diagnosed with a serious illness or someone close to me has died.
For me, a DNF isn’t like that. This one was close to planned. Stopping before the finish was a serious option from two weeks before the race, and in this post I want to explain why, what I have learned, and what changes for my marathon build for London 2027.
For anyone new, my goal for the London Marathon 2027 is a sub 3 at 60.
