The half marathon is a solid running event. The 21.1 km event is my favourite distance to run.

Here’s a guide to half marathon training. It can also be scaled up or down for other distances.

This guide is my tried and tested training plan for running a half marathon. The plan is simple and flexible, allowing you to train around your schedule.

Enjoy

Hey guys, I just wanted to give a shameless plug to my new podcast - Kiltman’s Kitchen.

Now, just to make it clear from the start - I have no formal cooking qualifications, nor am I any sort of cooking professional. In terms of cooking expertise, I’m somewhere on the scale between Gordon Ramsay and the Swedish Chef from the Muppets.

I’m not letting that stop me from doing a cooking podcast though. Join me as I talk about what I’m getting up to in my kitchen … the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Check out Kiltman’s Kitchen

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You’ve just completed your goal. After months of intense training, discipline, and focus, you’ve achieved what you set out to do.

After the feeling elation is over you find yourself at a loss, unmotivated and feeling empty.

This is not uncommon. Whether you’re entering your first event, or you’re an Olympic athlete, you’re probably going to experience this. This is sometimes called “post marathon blues” or “post goal slump”.

In this episode I talk about my tips (from personal experience) a dealing with this feeling.

Hey guys, welcome to my first episode for 2026. Hope you all had a great New Year.

Thank you all for listening throughout 2025. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or episode suggestions. You can email me at [email protected] or find me on Facebook or Instagram as The Kilted Athlete Podcast.

In this episode I chat with a champion and all round good bloke Bennett Powell.

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‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring … except for the Kiltman, trying to record his Christmas Eve episode before midnight.

Society is obsessed with weight loss.

Fuelled by marketing, media, and even BMI tests, for decades we’ve had it ingrained in us that the number on the scale is the true indicator of our health and fitness.

In this episode I encourage you to rethink the weight loss mentality, and prioritise maintaining muscle over reaching an arbitrary number on the scale.

We’ve been training hard and keeping our nutrition on track all year. But then December arrives, and it’s hell-bent on destroying your fitness regime.

Here’s some practical, tried and tested survival tips for that difficult time of year.

In the episode I talk about the importance of having positive friends and being a positive friend.

Welcome back to the Kilted Athlete Podcast.

We’re coming towards that time of year again - the New Year’s resolution season. The time of year that people start making “New year, new me” posts on social media and all the marketing kicks in.

But the 1st of January is not some magical time of the year where everyone suddenly becomes more motivated and disciplined. The reality is (spoiler alert) your New Year’s resolution is probably doomed to failure before the smoke from the New Year’s Eve fireworks has even settled.

In this episode I talk about why the “New Year, New Me” mentality is setting you up for failure, and offer alternatives to the traditional New Year’s resolution.