With only two days to go until I run the marathon my
feelings are a combination of nerves and excitement, though I think tomorrow it
will be pure nerves!
I’ll be the first to admit that my training hasn’t exactly
gone according to plan. I slightly underestimated how difficult it would be
training for a marathon by myself alongside intensive studying. But hopefully I
will have done enough to get me round, even if I don’t break four hours!
The month before Easter was fantastic training-wise. I
replaced my running heavy plan with one that had more of a focus on cross
training which suited me much better. Two of my easy runs per week were
replaced with spinning classes and I also did 2/3 runs per week including a
long one at weekends.
My longest run so far
has been 20 miles which felt pretty good. What is worrying is the knowledge
that first 20 miles and the last 6 are like 2 different races. So how I will
handle the last bit remain to be seen! Hopefully my fueling strategy (lots of cliff
shots) will help me avoid hitting the dreaded wall but I won’t really know
until the day!
The last 3 weeks of training haven’t been great. The
combination of a massive essay and immensely painful cramp in my calves made
running virtually impossible in the first week of the Easter holidays. The
second week of the holidays I managed a couple of runs, but a cold and
extremely painful feet (for no apparent reason) meant that they were unpleasant
to say the least! I started to get pretty stressed out at this point. The last
thing you want just before a marathon are a series of bad runs. Thankfully my
runs this week haven’t been too bad so hopefully come Sunday my legs will still
work!
The last three weeks of marathon training are just supposed
to be tapering. Theoretically I should have already built up all my fitness
during my training, so hopefully the last few weeks won’t have too negative an
impact!
This afternoon I’m off down to London so wish me look!
Rosie
xxx
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