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On Sunday 3rd March I ran half of a marathon, as my partner likes to put it. The Cambridge Half Marathon to be precise. I ran it with one of my longest serving friends, Alex, who had not been able to run for about two years, due to some knee and back problems. With not a great deal of training (I think he would agree) he managed to get round without doing too much damage to himself. I ran the first ten miles with him but I felt I needed to stretch my legs towards the end, so I put in a bit of effort for the final 2 or 3 miles, running just above 8 mins/mile pace, which I was pleased with.
I was a little bit apprehensive about the run because since running the Keyworth Turkey Trot on the 10th December I only managed to get about 40 miles of running in due to calf niggles (again) and various winter bugs. With the London Marathon now 6 and a bit weeks away I was pleased to get the distance comfortably under my belt, without any adverse affects, and I now feel like I can get a few good weeks of training in. Perhaps, if everything goes well, I’ll even manage to break the 4 hour barrier at London. I will be very, very happy if I manage to do that.
