How are you today?

[Lilmy87]

Oh and btw I forgot to congratulate you on making so much money for the charity... I'm sure the meal Joseph prepared was well deserved. mile:

Thanks; there are usually over 50,000 people taking part in the great north run, most of whom are doing so for charity. What an amazing thought, to imagine how much has been raised altogether, for so many good causes! And of course, the meal was delicious :biggrin:

Yeah, one really doesnt know what they have till it is taken away :biggrin:

My stamina and recovery time was pretty impressive but I am sure that if you were to start slowly you could mess up those hills of SF. I must say that I impressed myself whenever I made it up the hill I lived on. It was the final leg of a world class marathon.

I might have crawled on my hands and knees but I slowly got to the top

Lets not talk about my insane return to jogging... lol.

It is hard to prep for a marathon of the length ya did. What is your usual routine?

LOL, that's determination! I have been preparing for this since the start of summer really; I try to run at least every other day all year round, however for my preparation proper I had been trying to gradually increase the distance. I had already done 13 mile run and a few 10-12 mile runs in the last few months. I find that nothing fully prepares me for the real thing, but that confidence of having a half marathon already under my belt does increase confidence!
Good luck with your training!