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DO NOT BUY ORTHOTICS.

Better, take your £500 to a witch doctor and have them say a few spells. This will be as effective.

Or just do your stretches and get a pair of shoes that you feel good running in. 

Stephen The pressure of a sub-3! A 37min 10k has you comfortably inside (you know that of course) but we all known that a marathon contains unknowns that a 10k doesn't. My aim is to be five minutes behind you (my last Yasso 800s had me down as sub 3.05) (does anyone believe the Yasso 800s theory?). More than ten minutes and it'll have been a difficult day. The time thing is a curse. 

And Martin I know you're right. Positive thoughts for the inevitable tough moments are what I'm trying to work on. Unfortunately I don't feel like reciting poetry - not Kipling at least - when my body is begging me to stop running. All I can think about is the distance left, which, unless inside the last 10k, is mentally crushing.

Micknphil, thank you for your support. 

Sick with nerves.

Training done (and I'm in better shape than ever before). Injuries mostly avoided (OK, I can hardly move my left shoulder and my right knee needs some dry needling).

But can't for the life of me visualise the race. Mentally I'm in poor shape. Thoughts appreciated.