Having completed the Wadi Bih on precious little training, I now needed to prepare for London marathon. I did the
Blubberhouses 25 (slowly) as a distance run and the rest of my training was
done on the treadmill with the odd run with the Jeddah Road Runners. I started
to work in Tabuk which meant I could run round the compound and I managed 13
miles one night but it got too hot to do very much and I certainly got some
funny looks whilst running round and round and round, so back to the treadmill
it was.
London was, as always, a superb event.
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| Pre marathon nerves not showing yet! |
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| Finishing medal |
The whole weekend
was lovely and I had set myself a target of anything under 4 hours given my
lack of real training and my ankle. I managed to complete in just under 3 hours
50 so couldn’t complain, although at one point had been doing a 3.40 pace but I
simply couldn’t keep it up after 20 miles (as always!)
Still – being well over 50, I am well under the cut off
of 4 hours, so will be there again next year.
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