According to the official 2010 London Virgin Marathon website counter, it is precisely 8 months, 23 hours, 53 mins and 12 seconds until the starting gun is fired on April 25.
Holy crap.
So I do declare August 24 2009 as Day 1 of preparation for the big day.
And I just realised I am a marathon virgin, entering the Virgin Marathon. Badoom.
I only hope my training develops more than my sense of humour.
I have been as giddy as a schoolgirl, as somebody said recently, for the past few days after getting my place for the marathon next year.
It feels like I've just stepped into a whole new world where talk is of the marathon, the full nine yards (or 26 miles), the big one.
I have run several half marathons down the years and had various levels of success.
The one constant thing is that when you tell people you are training they say, 'oh you're running the marathon aren't you?' and you have to politely explain that it is in fact a half marathon, and all of a sudden it doesn't sound quite so impressive.
'I'm sorry', I often think, 'I realise it's not really that much of an effort to run 13 piddly miles, but can I have some sponsorship anyway', and then the tenner you were hoping for becomes a fiver.
But now, things will be different, now I can say yes, that's right, I'm doing a marathon, a full, grown up, proper job 26 mile gruelling slow death of a run. And then they'll look at me, probably laugh and say 'you don't look like you could run a bath'.
The weight loss is even more crucial now to be able to complete the marathon. The key to long distance running is to be as light as possible. You wouldn't want to carry 112 bags of sugar while running 26 miles would you? So far I'm 24 down, just 88 to go and I'll be floating round that London town like a will o'the wisp.
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