Well well, after a few scares along the way it's only two weeks before the London marathon and everything seems to be coming together nicely. Did a fantastic 15 km run the other night from Towersey to Aylesbury running at around 5:30 per km and felt I was holding myself back and could have gone quicker - I even did Fartlek for the last 1.5 km between lamposts! Whatever i've been eating I hope I can get some of it on the day! 

Also done a couple of 10 - 12 km and a 3.7 km recovery jog last night after the 15 km and have no injuries or worries to speak of, with any luck i'll hit the sub-5:00 hour time I had as an objective when I first started running again in 2007 after the ten year gap.

I am reliably informed by a mate who has run this a couple of times that i'm going to be frustrated by imbeciles who have put their times down as something way beyond their actual ability, and will be held up by them.  As this chap ran a few races with me a decade and more ago I guess he knows what he's talking about, so will have to see what it's like on the day. Not being the most patient bloke in Christendom will probably not help as these idiots will just stress me out, as my boss said in my annual report a while back, 'Dave doesn't suffer fools gladly'! And before anyone starts, please, if you're going to exaggerate your capability then you should expect to be treated like an idiot!

Otherwise, I hope everyone is feeling well and your individual training has gone as well as mine has - I never expected to be pushing a 50 minute 10 km at this stage when I started so to all those who've encouraged me - Duda, Janis, SeeAnnieRun, Bruce, Alex, James, Elaine, Steve the carpet and the others, thanks a lot, your support really has helped get me to this stage.

I hope you all enjoy your run and achieve your aims, whether they be personal or for a charity (still way short of my target BTW, LOL).

Cheers