I\u2019ve just filled out the form for my charity place for the 2018 London Marathon.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right, marathon fever is starting early this year! To make sure I stick to my training plan I\u2019ve already signed up for the Brighton half marathon in February and the Bath half marathon which is in March. I\u2019m now just looking for either a half or 10 miler for early April, just before tapering.<\/p>\n
I was meant to be doing the marathon this year but I freaked myself out. I freaked myself out of training, I made myself believe that I couldn\u2019t do it. I won\u2019t let that happen to me again, for 2018 I\u2019m going in prepared. I don\u2019t plan on falling below the half marathon distance in races for a while now. I\u2019m going to work on my stamina because I know I can do it. I just know I can.<\/p>\n
So why is 2018 so important? Well, firstly I\u2019ve always said that I\u2019ll complete the London marathon before I\u2019m 30. Next April I\u2019ll be 29. Secondly, as a run leader I feel that I should lead, or rather run, by example. If I just give up on the marathon distance then who am I to tell the women who come to my group that they can do a distance when they say they can\u2019t? Thirdly and probably most importantly to me, I\u2019m a proud Londoner, if I\u2019m going to do a marathon I want it to be in my home city. I want it to be at home. At the marathon which I\u2019ve cheered others on at since a child.<\/p>\n
So how am I going to be prepared?<\/p>\n
\u2022 Signed up to half marathons in preparation.
\n\u2022 Build distance and training regime up slowly as to not scare myself too much!
\n\u2022 Use parkrun as speed training.
\n\u2022 Mix up cross training so it\u2019s fun.
\n\u2022 Plan long runs so they\u2019re \u2018tourism runs\u2019, going sightseeing around Cardiff, Bristol and London.<\/p>\n
I strongly believe that you can do anything you put your mind to so I plan to focus on the \u2018end goal\u2019. I can\u2019t wait to get to mile 10 and see my club\u2019s cheer station, to cross tower bridge and know I\u2019m halfway or to finally reach the top of the mall and know I\u2019m going to part of that 1%<\/p>\n
One of my friends once described me as a \u2018Rottweiler in a dress\u2019 because I\u2019m so stubborn and once I\u2019ve started something I don\u2019t like to let it go. So yeah, I guess this is a bit of a Rottweiler run, a bit of two fingers up to epilepsy and another two up to anxiety. The stubborn part of me taking on the challenge, just because I can but isn\u2019t that just as good a reason as any other?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be hard, I\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be tears, swearing and probably lots of times when I start to think I can\u2019t do this but overall there\u2019ll be that voice at the back of my head telling me I can, because this year I know I can and I will. So look out London, I\u2019m coming to get ya!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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