I need a new goal...

[El Gordo]

Hi All

Thanks for the good wishes, Griff. I'm planning on treating Sunday's race as a training run only - which is my way of saying that I'll do my best, but suspect that I won't be quite fit enough to do very well.....

I've had a bit of a break. Wednesday night at Loftus Road was a deeply... emotional occasion, and it threw the world off kilter a bit. Since then, I've not run, and suspect that I won't before the race.

But I don't care very much, frankly. I'm happy. After an anxious day, I now have 4 tickets for the Div 2 play-off final in Cardiff on Sunday week.

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Andy (Seafront Plodder) -

I'm planning on doing the Hal Higdon Intermediate I schedule. If you know nothing about HH, check out his website at http://www.halhigdon.com.

I'm a big admirer of Hal, and was pleased to get the chance to visit him at his home after the Chicago marathon, and have a good chat about running and art and films. In fact, I've got one of his pop-art oil paintings on my wall right above my desk here.

The two marathons I've done were both planned around the Hal Higdon novice schedule, which I'd recommend to anyone who's doing a first marathon, or who's a bit of a plodder like me. I've decided to take a step up this time, and stretch myself a bit more by going for the Intermediate I.

You'll find all 4 schedules (Novice, Intermediate I and II, and Advanced) at: http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/Mar00index.htm

Good luck all.

Have a great weekend, and keep us informed about what you're up to.

Andy