Hullo there
this entry is almost an apology - I cropped up many weeks ago to report that I was in midst of training for the London Marathon again. Unfortunately I havent had the time to maintain this blog (which I enjoyed doing last year) - I'm working and studying too at the moment so something had to give!
Anyway - suffice to say my training has gone well - I think I'm in a slightly better position than last year - 5mins up on my 1/2 marathon time at the same point last year (1:46) and have avoided illness since Jan. I completed my last LONG LONG run on Saturday and am now officially "tapering" - although that still means 35 miles this week :)
If the weather is kind this year then hopefully I can get a lot nearer to 4 hours than I did last year (4:37) - the heat was crippling - and I was really not well before I started - couldnt tell if it was nerves/viral/whatever but I felt BAD for the whole week beforehand.
Only 18 days to go and those nerves are starting to jangle again - I guess I'll prove to myself if it was nerves-induced sickness. The difference this year is that i KNOW I can do it - even in bad conditions... | 