I apologise for having not blogged for a couple of weeks. Life just seems to have overtaken me, and I'm back working evenings... time just passes!!

I did a lovely 8-miler last weekend - took all the advice to half my last long run, and then half it again as a taper - tomorrow I'll do 4 with Jo the Running Angel. Amazed at how "easy" those 8 miles were - incredible how your perspective really shifts over this training - felt like I could have done it in flip flops with a glass of wine in my hand! Well, not quite, but you know what I mean. Looking back at earlier blogs, 8 miles in itself was an achievement for me. Now I just see it as a bit of a leg stretch!!!

Concentrating now on gathering my stuff together ready for next weekend (OH MY GOD! NEXT WEEKEND!!). Really unusual feeling - not really sure how to describe it - feel a bit like I'm going on holiday, you know that really excited in your tummy kind of feeling, but also a bit sweaty-palmed and shaky, like I've got some kind of exam coming up. Strange. In all honesty now, I just want the day itself to be here - just want to get on with it!

Got my name printed on my vest this week - the lovely man in the Sports shop spoke to me about how I'm feeling. He used to live on the mile marker in Charlton so has been avidly following my progress - another person I'll have to show my finish line photo to! The Bloke (AKA Head Cheerleader for Charley's Angels) has sent out all "final instructions" to my lovely gang of supporters - my Mum said that she was nearly crying when she read it - realisation that its all going to happen, and so soon.

I've got a bit of a twinge in my left calf - I hadn't mentioned it on here because I didn't really want to admit to myself that its there. Seems OK when I run, though, and I'm avidly icing it up afterwards - at this stage of the game, though, I'm just gonna go for it anyway. At least I haven't got the pressure of trying to complete in a certain time, I'm going to be over the moon when I complete - so figure that even if I have to waddle the last 6 miles or so, thats fine with me. I'll still have earned that glass of champagne!

Just a quick word to all of you who, like me, have very special reasons to run. A very good friend said to me, when I was having the operation on my spine several years ago, that when times get hard, close your eyes, and if you try really hard you can feel all the people who love you with their arms around your shoulders. This should be enough to keep you going. So good luck to all of you who are running next Sunday, but I will be especially thinking about all of you who, like me, are never going to set the world alight with a sub-4 hour time, but whose main aim is just to get to that finish line. I'll be thinking about you too x

Tags:

Post Views: 158