http://www.rendell.org:80/pebble/default/tags/marathon/ en Andrew Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:01:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.rendell.org:80/pebble/default/2009/09/06/1252273140000.html I finally made it round a <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=r6w69itSUwMd-dVGQ0oUfJQ&amp;gid=0">20 mile training route</a>. Five weeks from now (unless there are yet more problems) I will be recovered after running 26.2 miles in the <a href="http://www.leicestermarathon.org.uk/">Leicester Marathon</a>. Every other time I have run a marathon I would have run three or four 20 milers by this point. I should be starting my taper in two bloody weeks! It's been a non-stop litany of illness, work commitments, family stresses and obligations and just about everything else. We went to a party last night and I had&nbsp; to abstain from drinking so that I could make it out this morning. <br /> The good news is that I made it round in one piece, felt pretty good during and was fine afterwards (no puking or crippling aches). I did two gels, one at 1:15 and another at 2:15 and ran with a bladder pack so I had plenty to drink. I am contemplating running the race with the pack. The only reason I can think not do so is that I look stupid. This doesn't sound like a good reason for not doing something beneficial, especially as I will look pretty stupid anyway... http://www.rendell.org:80/pebble/default/2009/09/06/1252273140000.html#comments http://www.rendell.org:80/pebble/default/2009/09/06/1252273140000.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:39:00 GMT