The Run Up to London!

With 11 days till the London Marathon I guess I ought to update everyone…
Training for the London Marathon has gone fairly smoothly, not quite as many miles as this time last year but the important mileage completed & I am still managing to swim at least once a week to keep the active recovery going.

On Easter Sunday I ran 21 miles with the Wakefield Running Mammas & we all helped each other round. It was an incredibly hilly route & I completed it in 3:40 which is the same time I did the flat East Hull 20 in last year. So I am very happy with how it went. The picture below is the great group of women that started out with us.

The week after came the Wakefield 10k event, I had intended to take it rather steady but I got to half way feeling fairly strong so I decided to push it a little bit. To my surprise I achieved a 30 second PB on last years time coming in at 56:57.

Yesterday I did my last “long” double digit run before the big day, running 10.3 miles on Wakefield hills and trails. It was a rather enjoyable run and left me feeling very strong for the big day.
My personalised Vest Top from Cancer Research UK came through the post the other day & I absolutely cannot wait to rock it in London wearing it (The picture is below so people can try & spot me on the TV 😉 )

I cannot wait till race day! To be able to go back to where I did my first ever marathon, to be able to run yet another marathon. The whole London atmosphere is one that just cannot be repeated anywhere else!

In other news… I have still been attending a Slimming World group, the amazing group at Outwood Working Mens Club and I am nicely maintaining my 3 stone weight loss sitting slightly below my target weight. Which means I have spent over 4 years at target now.

Don’t forget the most important part to reading this blog is to encourage people to donate. You can donate to Cancer Research & the Slimming World Team by following this link…
https://www.justgiving.com/SWMarathonTeam2016/

Thank you ever so much.
Much Love.
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