I am afraid that I have bad news for those of you who look forward to my ramblings on a Sunday (/Monday!) night... There are only two blogs left after this one you know... Gulp.
First things first, an important update on the sponsorship. It's gone MAD.
ONE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY FIVE POUNDS! I know I say it every week but this is absolutely mind blowing. Genuinely humbled by the whole thing and the support I have received.
You'll also notice I have nudged the target up to £2,000. Now, whilst I don't expect to get near that figure, with two weeks to go it'll be good to get as much as possible for such a great cause - so it isn't a case of me being greedy!
The Just Giving page, as always, can be reached here - thank you!
Sunday marked the last of the seriously long runs, so we are now very much on the home straight. So fingers firmly crossed for getting through the next couple of weeks unscathed.
Sooo about 36 hours after finishing the hell on earth that was the 22 miler on Sunday, the 'tapering' period began which translates to the slowest run imaginable just to get moving again. It took me about 25 minutes to get ready - pulling socks on when the muscles are not having it that much is a wonderfully joyous experience.
As a reward, I took myself on a new route which helped to break up the monotony a little whilst I was really pleased to not fall over again.
Run #41 - Thursday 6th April
For the first time in what felt like weeks, I was joined on Run Club by a fellow Run Club member which was very much needed. This was easily the hardest of all the morning runs so far, and the exertions of four days prior meant my legs were heavier than they've ever really been before and my motivation was pretty low too.
It took us 64 minutes to churn out the seven a bit miles, which is schlowwww but at least I had company and it was gloriously sunny too.
Run #42 - Monday 10th April
Due to important Stag Do commitments in Prague, ahem, the weekend run was understandably delayed until Monday. As you may probably imagine, it has been a weekend of heavy hydration which is the number one rule for marathon runners.
Thankfully, however, as tapering season has begun I don't have to do any ridiculous distances which is goooooood news. I still had ten miles to run but the last three or four weeks have been so much fun that this didn't feel too bad.
Well, the first two miles did feel very bad. But after that I got a bit better and managed to feel relatively comfortable by around the half distance mark.
That is the longest distance I had left to run, with five-five-seven-three-two milers left to go - less than two weeks until the actual day which is absolutely wild.
This week's banger of the week can only be this B-A-N-G-E-R from Mr. 305 - a sure fire shoe-in for the playlist for the day.
I'm ready to GO GO GO*
(*sort of, roll on 23rd April).
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