Road to London 2009

[El Gordo]

Well done Dan, we'll help in any way we can. Interesting remark you made about the number of hours of running vs the "logging and blogging". Made me realise that I spend far longer logging and blogging (I do like that phrase...) than running. It doesn't seem right. Perhaps I should try to have a rule that the time spent writing about it shouldn't exceed the time spent doing it. I'd find it hard to stick to though.

Will you try to stick to a schedule? Or just do what feels right, and what you can fit in? It's a couple of years since I ran a marathon so I don't mean to sound like an expert, but I am finding that I know the lay of the land, and myself, well enough to be able to establish my own training plan. Sticking to it is another matter. It won't be easy, given your work and family commitments, but I'm sure you'll manage it. I hope that getting out there a few times a week will help you deal with the other stuff, rather than 'the other stuff' seeming to get in the way of your running schedule.

Any thoughts about races over the coming months? I've put my name down for Cliveden again this year, but am reluctant to be too confident about anything after that. Wokingham Half comes just a week after Almeria, and I'm not sure if the emotional scarring will have subsided enough by then -- not to mention the alcohol poisoning. A week after that is the Bramley 10/20. And end of March is the Reading Half. Haven't done Reading for ages, so injury/apathy permitting, I'll hope to revisit it this time. I'm not entering any of these just yet though. Too much forward planning seems to spell disaster.

Good luck for the London adventure. Regardless of how cool you feel about it at the moment, the excitement will gradually build and consume you. Make sure you tell us about it.