5th Jan 2025

Race review here & Training retrospective here

Running the London marathon is my longest-held dream. More than 20 years old. The desire to run through the streets of the greatest city has lived inside me ever since I first watched the Flora London Marathon on the BBC all that time ago.

It means a lot to me to get this chance to run.

A brief running history

I’ve run one marathon, 3 years ago, which I trained pretty well for. I ran 2:49.

Goals for the race

In descending order of importance i.e. most important first:

• a) Run the race & have a great time
• b) Run sub-3-hrs
• c) Run a PB (if training goes very well)

Plan

At time of writing, I have exactly 16 weeks til race day.

Over the past 3 months my training has been up and down, routines disrupted by Christmas & holidays. This leaves with almost no base and no long runs under me.

Not a great start but I’ll do what I can.

The basic principles of my training are:

• Prioritise mileage first, and above all else.
• The long run is everything.
• Workouts, when they come, should be extremely specific.

Goals for this week

This week I want to:

• Run 35 miles, including
• A 12 mile long run, plus
• 1 gym session, all legs

Wish me luck.