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My Garmin 205 normaly only varies by .05 of a mile over a marathon (urban) and that could be my line.  even in trees it works very accuratly

I am in the VLM (bit of a suprise as I got a club place) and have been training well untill about 4 weeks ago.

I did the Cambridge Boundry Marathon in March as a training run then went on holiday (only managed time to get one run whilst away)  Ever since I have been plagued by colds and coughs and my plan has gone out the window.

A freind of mine who trains and compeats in Europein equive events said that I should not run for the next 2 weeks as it won't affect my fitness (that was after they said if a horse sounded like me after tonights short run the kindest thing to do would be to shoot it).

Deep down I know there is a point there, but cant help think I need to keep some movement of the old limbs in the next two week.

Other peoples thoughts would be welcomed

I was once told its about a mile per day to recover, however for me who's fat and forty is it takes a bit longer.  So it boils down to which race you want to do better in.  Personaly I would treat the HM as a training run at Marathon pace (or slightty less)

Thats my opinion, and probably not what you should do, but enjoy it what ever you decide

Just answered my own question (this reading all the page may catch on)

is it an out and back route?