Right then! A Snickers! 42.195 kilometers. 26 miles and 385 yards. Twice as far as I've ever run before. Bit scared. Big numbers.
My last big run was the Great North Run in October last year, which is a half-marathon. Shortly afterwards, I was in the pub with Tom (housemate) and Alex (housemate's missus/unofficial housemate).
The timing of this pub visit is important. It was just long enough after the GNR that our legs didn't hurt any more, but still soon enough after the training that we felt in pretty good shape.
These ideal mental conditions, plus a significant quantity of booze, led to the genius decision that - having done a semi-marathon - we should have a go at a proper one.
Somehow, this idea survived the next morning's hangover.
So - on the 23rd May, the three of us are heading up to Edinburgh, and are doing our first marathon. That's 16 weeks from this coming Sunday.
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