A brief catch up on the eve, eve, eve of day number 1 So the questions I get asked the most when discussing he 10in10 are regarding training. Have I done enough, have I done any!? How has it gone. So here it is – honest answer. ‘I have not done as much as I should have’ Which for those who know me, know it is the story of my life. I never train properly – I am so much more of a rock up and do it kind of girl. And although I have trained more for the 10in10 than I have for usual marathons, in my mind it isn’t anywhere near as much as it should have been. But hey ho, nothing I can do about it now! I have to trust in what little I have done, and hope that I stay injury free. I have never been a fast runner and like to get my monies worth from events! So I take my time and enjoy them. All I can say is that it’s a good job I like my own company, and also apologise to Aly who will be the last out everyday until the last runner comes in – I am sorry Aly, you’ll get back for tea I promise!
A brief catch up on the eve, eve, eve of day number 1
So the questions I get asked the most when discussing he 10in10 are regarding training. Have I done enough, have I done any!? How has it gone. So here it is – honest answer. ‘I have not done as much as I should have’ Which for those who know me, know it is the story of my life. I never train properly – I am so much more of a rock up and do it kind of girl. And although I have trained more for the 10in10 than I have for usual marathons, in my mind it isn’t anywhere near as much as it should have been. But hey ho, nothing I can do about it now! I have to trust in what little I have done, and hope that I stay injury free. I have never been a fast runner and like to get my monies worth from events! So I take my time and enjoy them. All I can say is that it’s a good job I like my own company, and also apologise to Aly who will be the last out everyday until the last runner comes in – I am sorry Aly, you’ll get back for tea I promise!
Reflecting now on this journey so far, I ask myself would I have done anything different in the weeks running up to now. I would like to have said yes, I would have trained more (I know I wouldn’t have!), I would have lost that 2 stone (I drink too much beer for that!) I would have embraced the fundraising more (maybe). But the truth is, I probably would have done everything the same – so at least I only have myself to blame for any failure. Hindsight is an amazing thing, but can also be dangerous to linger on.
I haven’t really been stressing, or panicking and I have had no weird dreams where I lose a shoe or a duck trips me up. I have kind of packed and still need to buy things from the shops etc. I’m currently behind my fundraising target but I am not worrying about that, I have a few things up my sleeve to hit it.
I am ready for this – I know my mind is in the right place, and I know that as long as my body holds up then I have this in the bag. I actually just want to get started now!
I would just like to thank everyone for their amazing support. I have actually been quite touched to see how much my friends and family have gotten behind me during the run (pun intended) up to the 10in10. A massive shout out and good luck to those who are running their first marathon on the 20th, who if it hadn’t have been for me doing the 10in10 wouldn’t have been. Namely my sister Emma who has literally done a ‘couch to marathon’ kinda thing in the last 9 months. Tremendous effort and long may her running career continue!
So off I go to have a beer, erm I mean start to sort my kit out. I’ll see you all on the flip side (and on Facebook in between) I hope I won’t let anyone down and that my next post is a picture of my 10 medals. Let’s go…