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Ollie Way

@ollieway_

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2:17 marathoner.
🎯 Shooting for London marathon 2027 elite field whilst juggling life as a big four accountant👔
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Valencia Marathon Block: Week 11/20

More of the standard stuff. 220km week banked, big double workout Tuesday & a smaller Mara session on the weekend. Starting to stack the weeks up & it’s getting tasty.

Little detour to Bordeaux & Saint Emillion on the weekend, cycling around and chopping copious amounts of wine. Something about the last send before locking in (I say this every week).

A lot of fatigue in the legs and serious panic at the slightest niggle, but it’s all moving in the right direction🙏 by @ollieway_

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5 days ago

Valencia Marathon Block: Week 10/20

London marathon elite field qualifying time announced as 2:15. On the bucket list to be at that start line with some of the world’s best marathoners, running around my home city. Hoping to go a bit quicker than that in December but nice to draw a line in the sand.

First test of marathon pace on Sunday at Ealing Half. Hitting exactly the 2:15 pace marker needed. But a humbling morning and serious headloss at the thought of doing that back to back. It’s still early doors though and if I haven’t said, it was a really tough course.

10 weeks down, 10 weeks to go, time to put the pints down & start putting up some big marathon specific sessions. by @ollieway_

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10 days ago

2:17.28 - 6th from mass start & 35th overall (with the elite field).
Tough day at the office, still haven’t figured out how to crack the London Mara course. Disappointing but ten weeks ago we were injured and seriously out of shape - proud of the work put in and hopeful it’ll all come together in time. Anyway pretty cool to be in the same race as the first ever sub 2 marathon, one to tell the grandkids.
@pumarunning by @ollieway_

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6 months ago

Ealing Half 🥇

Good run around the hometown & fun to take the win, plan was to hit marathon pace effort but got humbled on a tough course. Onto a few more big weeks building towards Valencia Half. by @ollieway_

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20 days ago

14:12 @ Battersea FNUL 5k

This sport has provided a lot of disappointments & heartbreak over the years but moments like this make it all worth it. First PB over the 5k distance in over 3 years. Massive thanks to @twoside_ath & @cottagerelocated for the support.

Excited to have a crack at joining the 13 min 5k club next year outside of a marathon block. by @ollieway_

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a month ago

generational summer by @ollieway_

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3 months ago

Week by week

@ollieway_ securing first place at the @ealinghalfmarathon as part of the Valencia build.

Origin Training Top releasing this Sunday 4/10/26 @ 8PM. taken in London, United Kingdom by @ollieway_

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19 days ago

Valencia Marathon Block: Week 9/20

Back into the second phase of the marathon block, and back to piling on the mileage.

Taking some inspiration from the Japanese school of marathon training (seriously high mileage). No fluke that Japan has produced silly levels of depth over the marathon with 100+ athletes breaking 2:10.

Unfortunately, the full-time job gets in the way of chasing the Japanese golden standard of 1,000km months (250km/week), so guess this will have to do.

Kicking it off with a chunky 52km+ day on Saturday to keep building that fatigue resistance. by @ollieway_

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17 days ago

Valencia Marathon Block: Weeks 7 & 8

Quieter couple of weeks in both overall volume and intensity, giving the legs a chance to recoup from the first big block and absorb all the gains.

Week 7 supposed to race a 10k in Amsterdam but flights cancelled. Bounced back the following weekend with a 7 second PB over the 5k distance at Battersea Park to 14:12. Serious shock and a great start to the season.

Dipping the toes into marathon work with the first big session of the block on slide 4. Also getting into the first over distance long run, seriously tasty Strava map on slide 6.

Back into another big four week block before attacking a quick half. Panic training recommences. by @ollieway_

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a month ago

Valencia Marathon Block: Week 6/20

Wraps on the first of 3 big 4-week blocks in the lead up to Valencia. 200km+ knocked out weekly, base fitness has been set. Time for a couple down weeks to open the season and see what shape we’re in.

Last few days of annual leave for summer spent on world’s worst training camp in Malta. Heat, humidity and hills all made considerably worse by beers and nights out. Shock, got sunstroke by the end - bed bound so mostly easy running for rest of the week to recovery. All part of the game.

Strike 1, two more lives left. Poor, poor form. by @ollieway_

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a month ago

Valencia Marathon Block: Week 5/20

Just one more big week and then I’ll take a down week coach I swear🤥. Mara block fatigue is starting to settle in scarily early with a long way to go. Lot of miles getting chopped but good excuse to keep fuelled & smash unreal scran round the city with zero guilt.

Finally lost @fabriclondonofficial virginity at my big age. Complain a lot about the state of London nightclubs but fabric is silly good, serious willpower to not stay till 7am closing.

Some quicker 5k-10k pace sessions this week to get the legs spinning with a couple races over shorter distances on the horizon. 5 weeks down, 15 to go, keep the ball rolling. by @ollieway_

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2 months ago

Valencia Marathon Block: Week 4/20

Finally chopped three session days & a long run for the week - we might be cooking. Or maybe about to get cooked, getting far too many accusations that I’m panic training (I am). Might get injured, might get into 2:14 shape, might get burnout, we’ll see.

Friday treated to a rest day. Rarity during the mara build as tend to find that they give your body the chance to shut itself down. But one every few weeks does bits for a little physical and mental reset. Miles swapped for jubel & pizza.

Pub of the week might have to go to White Hart riverside in west London. No better establishment for battling the Sunday scaries with a pint & game of monopoly deal.

@twoside_ath signed us up for a 5k next month, serious panic. Onto turning the wheels with some quicker sessions over next couple weeks to get ready. by @ollieway_

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2 months ago