Whooops
Sorry about the time between entries, but I thought I had posted the last entry, only to find it in draft-form and not posted!
As the title says: 'the clock is ticking' and as I write this it's 18 days and 18 hours to go.
Am I on track with my training? I thought I was, having done the "long run" a couple of weeks ago. It was a 20 miler and I was feeling quite smug as I sat back and rested on my laurels. The only problem was that a week later I did a 12 miler and was totally stuffed. If it had been the London Marathon I would have battled to finish.
I felt awful, my legs where lead and I just felt dreadful.
I gave myself a couple of days off. Then I had a light and steady run of 10 miles and all was well, thank goodness.
It may sound as if I'm getting neurotic, and I suspect I maybe, but that is how it gets.
I phoned my old training partners in South Africa,a husband and wife team. They 'retired' at the same time as me, and I asked for their advice re my training schedule. They never gave me any advise at all - apart from abuse. It became a "do you remember when ?" session, not entirely helpful but great fun.
I have revised my marathon finishing time. Iin reality I would like to finish in four hours. My best marathon was three hours, four minutes, 20 years ago, but a lot will depend on the day and the crowd of other runners.
Here@s hoping! Just a thought: if I finish in under four hours, thirty minutes, I will have qualified for this year's South African Comrades' Marathon! Now there's a scarey thought!!!!
As I sit here, I can tell you I have reached one thousand pounds in sponsorship, which is a third of my goal, but I do have pledges for more and I still have almost three weeks to go. This will include a street collection on the 5th April in my local town centre. I still have my fingers crossed!!!
One more thing, my daughter has set me up on Facebook, and I believe you can donate from there. I am not sure how but that's kids for you.
I wonder if I need to get an A-Z of London for my sightseeing jog!!!!!!