August, indeed

[Sweder]

A fair question, my inverted friend. I guess a lot depends on travel/ fitness.
I'd hoped to hit the Jog Shop Jog trail, but that horror is in October, a month that lurks menacingly behind the next one (and we're almost there). The physical demands are that of a marathon, so it's not likely.

Almeria is nailed on, fitness permitting. That's at the end of January, and I'd really like to attack a plan to bring home a PB. That will be super tough, Jules having dragged me round in 1:40 not so long ago. I was in fine fettle then, a good deal lighter and stronger. But I have time, and a winter of muddy hills to help whip me into shape. Plus, for the first time ever, I'm thinking of laying out and, where possible, sticking to, a training plan. Without that, shooting for sub 100 minutes is just pissing in the wind.

I have a place in the Brighton Marathon 2013 (April). If Almeria goes to plan I will carry on the quest and aim for sub 3:50. There again, there are more interesting quests out there. I still plan to revisit TOM (expensive) and Connemara (brutal), almost certainly* not next year. P2P is booked for next year, so an autumn marathon OR the JSJ would fit that bill. I've never managed a 'full running year' like that, though, so perhaps I should do what it says under this.

*lottery wins aside.