Great response today from the Virgin London Marathon following last week's events in Boston, as thousands fell silent in honour of those killed and injured in the bombings.
Although not there myself today, I did my usual thing of watching on from the comfort of the sofa and enjoyed watching the committed loons of the UK battling it out mile after mile.
Thinking now very much about my own challenge coming up at the Edinburgh Marathon on May 26, as it is now starting to feel very close. Mainly because it is.
I have to say, training has taken a dive of late as motivation has been hard to come by for some reason. I think to a certain extent I may have trained so hard in the early months of the year that I simply ran out of steam.
Have attempted a couple of long runs over the past couple of weekends and just blown up after a few miles, so today I was determined to finish a decent length run to try and bring back the confidence that seemed to be in such abundance just a few weeks ago. It's as much about what's going on in the head as the legs I think, and I've been letting the size of challenge overwhelm me I think.
Today Amy and I went out and took on a 10K run, which although a long way short of a marathon, was a decent target to aim for. Pleased to say we hit eight miles and it was a far more enjoyable experience in the sunshine and comparative warmth compared to January and February. Was also great to have Amy running next to me, although she was a little surprised to discover we'd run eight miles when we were only supposed to be doing 6.6.
So, we're collapsed on the sofa enjoying a Sunday night curry and feeling quite pleased with a good run under our belts today, and hoping that it will now act as a launchpad to push on to the full marathon in a few weeks.
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