What's this blog all about?

You may already know that I'm a keen road runner, and that I ran the Flora London Marathon in 2007 and raised £3300 for Macmillan Cancer Care... this year decided to try once again to get a place in the Flora London Marathon.

In late November I was stunned to receive notification that I had been accepted for a ballot place, a 2008 London Marathon place was now assured.

I created this blog just to keep a record of important (and not so important) events along the way!

Monday, 12 March 2007

Sunday 11th - Sutton Park

What a great day it was yesterday!

Thanks to Runners World magazine for organising an informal marathon training day in Sutton Park. 20 miles of tracks and paths around the park with Runners World pacers.

It was quite a challenge, 20 miles is a long way on foot, walking or running, but I got there and completed it in about 3 hours. I real journey of discovery it was too! I discovered that:
1) I've finally got the laces right on my new running shoes.
2) The pain I've been experiencing in my shoulders is actually concentrated in my left shoulder.
3) I've deduced that the pain in my left shoulder is caused because I carry a water bottle!
4) I've realised that you must replace lost electrolytes during long runs. I only had water yesterday.
5) Now I know that I can run 20 miles and I'm sure I can run another 6.2 miles.

I'm really grateful to all the people who were carrying GPS systems yesterday, it was the only way we were sure we'd completed 20 miles!
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