Wow, that summer disapeared really quickly and the weather is beginning to cool down, which can only mean race season is finally here. Whilst my plans have obviously moved a lot, I do at least have two events coming up in the next month, kicking off with a local warm up race and ending in the big one on October.
First up is the Worcester Half Marathon this Sunday, which only a few weeks ago having barely ran in early summer I really did not think I would be ready for, but after a decent 15 km run last weekend my legs felt back to their best and ready to step up to the next distance.
Although I have done another Worcester half a few years ago in the countryside to the North of the city, this one is a new route for me which looks a lot of fun, going right through the city centre and alongside the river, and having worked there for nearly 7 years in a past life I am looking forward to getting new view of some familiar sights.
And then onto the main event, the much delayed London Marathon on 3 October, having originally been pushed back from April to October last year, and then into 2021 for non-elite runners. All in all I will have been training for this baby since I got my place just under 2 years ago, so you would think I would have to be ready by now, but to say the least a lot has changed since then, both for me (injuries and new children) and the real world (something called Covid).
So I have just over a month to make final preperations for London, with this weekend’s event hopefully confirming my body is ready to step up to the longer distance. Having completed various long distance events before I am fairly condifent on the endurance side, but am mainly hoping my body holds up – I am definately feeling the effects of less training at the moment in areas such as my knees, calves and shoulders, so coming away injury free will be a big bonus!
The final thing for now is to focus on my fundraising, as the kind folks at Cancer Research UK have provided me with an entry, and I am specifically raising money for the Bobby Moore Fund which specialises in Bowel Cancer, something which has closely impacted my family over the years. Any contributions will be very welcome, please take a look at my site here: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/james-and-the-marathon-challenge
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