I finally feel that last week’s sickness is well and truly behind me. The workouts and mileage I missed are gone for good; no point stressing about them so it’s time to focus on the next 19 days leading up to the Shamrock Marathon.
I’ve had a couple of good runs the past two days and my strength and speed seems to be back to about 85% of where I’d like to be. A few more days of hard work will put me in prime position to log a solid long run on the weekend and then gently ease in to the two week taper.
Earlier today I was looking back through my previous marathon times. My all-time best 2:51:00 took place at the end of 2006 and I’ve had six attempts to beat the mark in the last couple of years. Hopefully Shamrock will be lucky seven and I finally smash the 2:51 hoodoo! We’ll see. 19 days and counting….
Maybe the enforced break will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
By the way, love the look of the book.
Cheers Mark! A writer I’m not, but I’ve been working hard on the project and it’s coming together nicely.
Fingers crossed for a June 1st launch…