So this morning I went for the first run in preparation for the marathon. To sum it up in two words: not great. After about two miles my calves started to hurt, at 8 or 9 my shoulders, back and core were all competing to see which could be worse. There are all kinds of excuses I could give: hadn't eaten, bumps last week and the blazing sunshine top among them. The main point though is that I need to do a lot of training to get to where I want to be.
At the moment the goal is to beat Alex Massey, a friend in the year above who ran the Paris marathon this year, in 3:42. Based on this morning I'm not quite there yet, taking 1.14 to cover about 10 miles. Plan is not to run again until Saturday and instead recover, may balls on Wednesday and Thursday may also play a part.
Nick
Team Wedge
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