The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News and Links for Monday, March 23
Good morning everyone. For those of you who haven’t checked the hoddle these last few weeks, then you might’ve missed that I’ve begun documenting my training for my next marathon, which is on 4 April. The goal is to smash by personal best and see just how close to a 3-hour marathon I can get […]
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: Pedro Porro of Tottenham Hotspur during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Atletico de Madrid at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on March 18, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) | Getty Images Good morning everyone. For those of you who haven’t checked the hoddle these last few weeks, then you might’ve missed that I’ve begun documenting my training for my next marathon, which is on 4 April.
The goal is to smash by personal best and see just how close to a 3-hour marathon I can get (pretty close, I think). The whole point of this is to almost document my anxiety from all this training. It’s a big commitment to run a marathon.
The worst of winter has come and gone, although it could return this week. Still, we’re counting down the remaining weeks until race day. (Catch up on Weeks 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 here) Week 15: They call it a “taper tantrum” for a reason.
My marathon is less than two weeks away which means it’s now time to scale back some of that mileage, although this week comes with the challenge of trying to not cut it back too much. Your hoddler-in-chief will be hitting the road this week, and that’s going to make it very difficult to go out running. That’s where the “taper tantrum” comes into play.