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Ok ! What on earth is a 17 stone former rugby player doing entering marathons at the grand old age of 37 for ??? Too many bangs on the head i wonder ???

Anyway, its too late now, i am officially runner number 16901 !! And without really having a clue what im doing, im expecting to line up behind Martin Lel , Paul Tergat , and probably even Paula Radcliffe ( though i hope not to get in their way too much !!! ) , on april 13th , 2008 !!

Nice people at Runners World send me an email every week with a training plan, and im trying really hard to stick to it, but work and family life make this difficult !! Find myself running in the dark at strange times of the day and night a lot at the moment !!

Oh, and another thing, my mate that applied with me, he never got in, as he never posted the application away !!! He said he would come down to London though, to help carry me home afterwards !!

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8:48 p.m. on 13th March 2008
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Monday , i could run ! Wednesday, despite feeling fantastic, and no soreness from mondays 18 miles, i cant !!

Made it about a mile into a 7 miler, and i just died!! Legs felt about 15 stone each, and although , heart and lungs were fine, i just couldnt run !!

Was that close to going home, but i carried on, and if anyone had seen me, and knew i was going to London, they would be thinking why was i bothering !!!

I know you cant have a great run every time you go out, but , seriously, i felt better on my first ever run , when i took up running a couple of years ago !

Didnt go out today , and probably wont get tomorrow either, due to ridiculous work load, so legs should be well rested for Saturdays 18 miles ! Thats the theory anyway ! Fingers crossed ! And still have to run sports relief mile in the afternoon on saturday with my 7 year old, although after 18 in the morning, my money is on him !!!

Saturday night , brother wants to play squash, no way thats happening !!!

Why cant i stop eating by the way ?? lol

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Hopefully it's just leftover tiredness form the 18m. I'm sure the next run will go ok.
Running and eating go hand in hand - the more you run, the more you eat. Something not fair about that. Was ravenous myself this evening, and I only did just over 3m lol

posted by kizzi10000 on 13 March 2008 10:38p.m.

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Can't stop eating either - just hope I can after the marathon or will end up 20 stone. My legs did the same as yours after my first attempt at a hill session. Phyiso said it was because I had used up all the glycogen and haven't replaced it before the next run. Muscles were trying to work on empty. Good luck for this weekend's long run

posted by janisbrown on 14 March 2008 11:44a.m.

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