2 days till Marathon #7!

Two weeks has gone by in a flash! Strange feeling – my last marathon seems like really quite a long time ago, yet only four weeks since then. More than ready for the next one now J Again I feel prepared in body, but not in mind yet, but travelling back op north tonight, so I’m hoping by being in closer proximity to the race (and the hills) will get me focussed, sharpish J

So last weekend my parents did their epic walk – 100km from London to Brighton to raise money for the British Heart Foundation...Andrew and me went along to ‘help’ with the night section, although they seemed to be doing quite well enough by themselves still at 11.30pm when we met them! I found it really tough! There is a reason why we sleep each night. Between maybe 3 and 5 am my legs felt like they were made from stiff wooden boards and wouldn’t do what I wanted them too, they were heavy and stiff and I couldn’t think normally. I felt worse after 12 miles than after a marathon and I didn’t know what was wrong. We stopped at a checkpoint and had a terrific cup of tea, and as we were drinking it the sun began to rise. As we started off again, I felt back to normal. So, it was either the new day beginning, or a cup of tea which worked. Who knows, anyway, I felt better!

And the whole thing was a lot of fun! 

Running update since last blog:

Mon 17^th: rest

Tuesday 18^th: 30 min ER

Wed 19^th: rest

Thurs 20^th: Run 45 min ER (in Hull, rained, cold L )

Fri 21^st: rest

Sat 22^nd: 20 mile walk.....

Sun 23^rd: .......

Mon 24^th: 40 min ER

Tues 25^th: rest

Wed 26^th: rest

Thursday 27^th: 30 min ER

Fri 28^th: rest

Sat 29^th: 30 min ER

Sun 30^th: MARATHON #7 !!!