Hullo all
this has taken me a while, and I never did manage to keep my training diary up this year - but thought I'd let the few of you who've responded recently know that I CRACKED IT!
I had a glorious day at the London Marathon in complete contrast to last year's race.
Each milestone or landmark I passed, I could only remember how dreadful I felt last year and how good it felt this. My pace was solid for the whole race - even speeding up for the last 2 miles, and to cross the line with 71 seconds to spare was brilliant...
The rain thrashed down for around an hour between hours 1 and 2, but that was actually quite fun and refreshing.
39 minutes off my PB - now that would cause anyone to smile. I know its nothing compared to you speedy guys (and gals) but for me it is a MASSIVE thing. MASSIVE.
The annoying thing now is that I might have to go and do it all over again as I enjoyed it so much...
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