Rosie

I am still running just being slack with the blogging.  4 weeks to go until the big day!  We have now raised more than £7k and I think we'll make it to the target before the marathon.  Most significant runs in the last few weeks have been Silverstone, Harrogate, Abergavenny and Exeter.  I was disappointed with my Silverstone half marathon run.  After taking more than an hour to get into the place and park the car, we made it to the start line with minutes to spare.  All started well, possibly too well with 9.5 minutes miles for first few miles but all went down hill from there. Whether it was the most mind numbingly boring course I have ever run, the heat from the midday sun or my previous weekend run of 14.5 miles I don't know but at least I beat the yellow submarine.  My time was 2:23 and I had been hoping to do 2:10.  Since then have been on conference in Harrogate and went for a short run with a colleague around the parks of Harrogate.  I have increased my weekend mileage running 16 miles along the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal in just under 3 hours and then 21 miles last Sunday around Exeter and the Exe estuary.  Again I was disappointed with my time of 3:58 but i'm glad I ran that far.  Didn't really hit a wall just found myself getting particularly slow around 15-19 miles and had to keep telling myself to keep moving.  The good thing was that I was starting to feel better again around 19.5 miles.  I'm sure I can do it but think 5 hours is probably more realistic than 4.5 hours, however maybe on the day and with crowd support and some music i'll be nearer 4.5 hours.

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