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I'm following a Hal Higdon training plan.  I followed it last time and it didn't quite kill me.  I'm going to do the Taunton Half as a training run and the Longleat 10k but I think they're the only races unless I find some more sensible (?!) ones.

I've said I'll do it in 5 hours but if I get lucky I might manage somewhere between 4 and half and 5.  Feels weird, and a little scary, marathon training again. 

I'm in!  My second marathon - my first was in 2005!  I hope to finish in around 5 hours.

I too enjoyed the rain and the fact that it kept us cool. 

I came under 2:10 so was very happy with that.  What a lot of drink stations!  I guess they've had very hot weather previously and certainly wouldn't have dehydrated had it been hot yesterday too. 

Traffic was a bit of a pain in places and the hills weren't too bad, just enough to keep it interesting.  I did find the very slight uphill right near the end difficult though as I was a bit tired by then!

Good race in all, friendly runners, hard working marshalls (with all the traffic to contend with especially), nice momento and perfect running weather.   

I like running in light rain. 

Good luck everyone for tomorrow. 

I'll be wearing a red and white Running Forever Running Club, Taunton vest and a pink buff around my neck - say hi if you see me. 

Thanks HandyToes, that second link is great.  Basically it's up and down and up and down again then.    I did a 10 mile race yesterday which was up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down - well, that's how it seemed anyway. 

Looking forward to this one now.  Would be nice to finish in under 2 hours but I settle for anything under 2:10.  So, let's aim for 2:05!  What time is anyone else looking for?  Faster than that I guess.