My first post predicted that I wouldn't keep this up and so it's proved until now. I'm back! Now in the final days of taper prior to the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday. My last post, back in early March (yikes), was in the midst of injury frustration. Training that month was seriously curtailed. Like a bad dress rehearsal it all came good on the day with a trouble free Reading Half Marathon and in an unexpectedly good time (1h 37m 34s). Felt the lack of training miles in the week after though.
Since then training has gone to plan although the weather hasn't. Hot March followed by the wettest April for a century and the country was still officially in drought. May has been cold until today when the temperature has rocketed and the sun blazed. Just in time for a marathon at the weekend.
The oddest thing has to have been meeting a raccoon, out walking with it's owner. Same night big dead fish. Looked like a bream, on the path. It was by the river. And the river had flooded (drought remember) but even so, all a bit strange.
The geese are about again having kept their heads down over the floody drought period. Even got a guard of honour one night, with two particularly smart geese standing to attention astride my path. First time I've saluted on the run. Lots of goslings about now. They certainly grow fast and some ASBO material there to be sure. Except the government announced today that ASBOs are going, to be replaced by CBOs or CRIMBOs or something. Or was it that Crimbo is banned. Is Cromwell back?
So Edinburgh approaches. Goal this year is sub 3h 30m and, with the usual caveats, should be achievable although in all three of my previous marathons I have run quite a bit slower over the second half and it could well be hot.
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