So my training hasn't quite been going according to plan then. Mind you, when has it ever? But i'm still feeling confident about the whole London Marathon thing. I've had quite a few coughs and colds recently and used them as a bit of an excuse not to run to be honest, although i'm paranoid that if I do train while ill that i'll just have the cold for longer.
I still managed to go out for a run though, in aid of the Farleigh Hospice and dressed as Santa. It was quite a surreal morning really. All around there were people dressed up as Father Christmas and wherever you looked you could see still more arriving from all corners of Central Park in Chelmsford.
Having not run in a couple of weeks I was slightly nervous but the fact that it was freezing just made me more determined to finish in a quick time. Having arrived early I also managed to get to the front of the running line and as soon as the race started I kept up with the front runners for all of about twenty seconds. After that I just couldn't keep up with the 10mph pace that they had all set off at. Seeing that the course was only 2.3 miles I did manage to keep going all the way through the course, ended with a time of 23 minutes and then headed straight out to meet Siân and Rosy in order to watch Arthur Christmas.
All in all a good day, tomorrow morning I should really weigh myself and then get back into some sort of training regime again.
