I have to admit that I have been a bit stressed this week, well, maybe more than a bit. Tomorrow is the London marathon and every morning when I arrived at work last week I checked the 5 day weather forecast hoping that it would show a nice white cloud with no sunshine, no rain and a temperature of about 15/16 degrees C. As the week went on the clouds came and went and the temperature for Sunday gradually rose, so now it’s meant to be glorious sunshine and 24 degrees. That’s just great! So last night we went round to a friends flat for dinner. My friend is also running the marathon - not with me cause she’s practically an elite athlete and is aiming for a sub 3 hour marathon - and we’ve both been stressing together this week at work. When we got there she said ‘I’m having half a glass of champagne so you might as well too. It will help you relax and get a better nights sleep.” I’m not one to turn down champagne so I thought why not?! So 2 or 3 glasses later I’m a little bit tipsy and I finally roll into bed at 1.30 this morning. Hmmmm…maybe not the best pre-marathon preparation ever.

I did have a thought yesterday about whether I should go out and get myself a fairy costume and run in fancy dress - at least that way I have an excuse for running a rubbish time. But no, I am full of hope that somehow, miraculously, my injuries will disappear (or at least not hinder me too much) and I won’t hit the ‘wall’ so I’m going to give it everything I possibly can.

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