How (not) to train for a marathon? by Catherine_L

8 miles yesterday! Woohoo! In 91 minutes! Woohoohoo! And it was hilly! It was a lovely morning tho - cool and crisp and sunny. Went with two friends from running club - one of them is quite a bit fitter than me so was just having an easy run and chattered all the way round, which really helps.  Our actual route was just less than 8 miles so we ran round the car park at the sports centre twice to make up the distance. Felt silly but it was worth it. But that last little bit was tough because my body thought it had already finished when we got back to the centre so didn't appreciate being made to do those few more metres.  Felt really good afterwards - achey but not uncomfortable. That good feeling lasted about 4 hours, then I crashed out and went to sleep in front of the Africa Cup of Nations final. But it really was a really good run.