April Week 1 - Countdown

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'Let's get ready . . . . to Taper!'
Doesn't quite have the same resonance as 'Rumble', but it commands just as much respect.

Lots of good advice floating around at this time, none better than here on this forum. Check out Andy's last entry in his March diary - there's a useful link to a quality tapering article in there.

This is a time of worry, of phantom injuries, hypocondria in extremis; gloom, gloom, panic and gloom, worry, niggles and nerves. Have I done enough? Am I doing too much? Am I eating right? Are my shoes ok?

Not really, no, doubtful and absolutely.
But it matters nought. Here we are in April, just a couple of weeks away from the big day. Two of the longest weeks in the year, ample time to wreck hopes and dreams, a fortnight where you can gain nothing yet lose everything.

Not my own private thoughts but the swelling vox humana of the running community, a growing cacophony of feelings, thoughts, conversations and prayers gathering in the ether above the streets, downlands and running tracks of Britain.

Good luck, and good health, to all.