Its not often I get to go to bed before 09:00pm but tonight I will for sure - more often than not I sleep like shit the night before a marathon so I normally try and get some extra sleep in the bag the day before.
Went for fish and chips for tea, pasta can get boring after a few days - plenty of carbs in The Crispy Cods fish and chips - will travel down in style 1st class on Virgin trains (only Virgin in Macclesfield!!) and chill out listening to music on the iPod and drinking coffee - I like being on trains, probably relates to my dad working for British rail for years and years before he retired and spending most of our holidays travelling across Europe by train - and yes in true geek style I was once a train spotter !
I've decided not to go to the Expo this year as its tiring and to be honest other than picking up your number (mine is already collected) its a bit of a chore - I will just rest in the hotel instead.
So what will it be go for 3hr:15mins or push towards 3hr:00mins and possibly burn up badly at about 20/21 miles and limp in with a 3hr:30min+ - God knows, I think in all honesty I will go out aiming for slightly inside 7min miles and re-evaluate at 10km, then half marathon - if I hit 20 miles (10km to go) in anything sub 2hr:20min then I have to go for it - if not I'll stick with the pace I am at.
Good luck... (and in no particular order) to Tony, Ruth, Steve, Pete and anyone else from Stockport Harriers and also to Tom and Helen who are on a far bigger journey than a simple marathon !
...and finally a special chin up to Simon who is currently injured but will be back running FLM 2009 with the rest of us !
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