Hi all – thanks for the positive words of encouragement following my club run on Saturday…on reflection it was indeed very hard work so thank you all for the encouraging comments. 
Following a much needed good nights sleep, I felt much better on Monday! It seems a fair few of you on here have suffered over the last week or so in similar fashion by the looks!
Well done Curly on a great half marathon time at Gosport! Makes the long trip all the more worthwhile! I was marshaling just inside Daedalus where the 5/9 mile points met so would have passed me 3 times in all. It’s been a fun experience marshaling there in the past what with the gasps in awe at the runners just leaving the airfield for the first time approaching 5 miles from those just entering! The only real issue I had yesterday was when 3 cars came from nowhere wanting to cross the 5/9 mile area…this was typically timed when the faster runners were coming up to 9 miles with many other runners approaching 5 which caused a moment of temporary panic. I am not normally bossy but instinct took over with one particularly impatient driver – I almost felt like a human shield at one point!
Shame you couldn’t run Stevie G – I am sure from reading what you did at the GSR that you would have ran a very good time! Always next year though!
Some great mileage totals recently from YD and Mr Viper (will check more recent posts in the thread later as need to catch up a little).
31 miles from me in total last week whereby I will be hoping to maintain this minimum target in the lead up to the end of the year and the Stubbington 10K on 20th January. 6 more miles last night with 4 miles being a quality tempo run. I am planning to do a park run Saturday in Cardiff with the rest of the weeks running being easy paced. That said, actions speak louder than words and I will see how things progress week by week.
On the subject of wider plans next year, my main goal at the moment is the Brighton Marathon on 14 April next year……currently thinking of entering a half before this (Llanelli Waterside on 3rd March). I have also entered the Chichester 10k which will be on 3rd February and Eastleigh 10k on 24th March.
Wider aims are to do another marathon (Amsterdam in October) or the Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Run) in the east of Holland in November next year. I am sure some of you may know of this 15km race and it always attracts a world class field;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zevenheuvelenloop
All in all, a potentially busy year 2013 race wise on the cards (with others bound to enter into the mix of things)! I may need to think of specific training goals in further detail over the months ahead (as previously discussed) and also perhaps consider which races should be priorities, etc. With Brighton, I will be looking to consolodate a respectable time in comparison to race times achieved over other distances after injuries suffered in London (2010) and Brighton last year. All in all though, I’d rather be racing and active than doing nothing.
Edited: 21/11/2012 at 14:20
