1 more sleep

Tomorrow is the big day - wish me luck

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54026 to be precise

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Its the things that you dont plan for....

Well I have had an interesting few weeks - I was one of the 100,000s stranded because of volcanic ash so my 3 day trip to venice turned in to a 5 day trip with a 13 hour car journey across Italy and France to get a ferry home.

My planned "weekend before final quality runs" did not happen at all and I managed to do 6.5 miles only on Tuesday, abut 10 days since my previous good run, so I just hope that it is enough.

Over the last 6 weeks I have been taking various vitamins and supplements to keep any colds and sniffles away, not wearing my beloved high heels so I dont have strain put on my calves and more likely fall over and twist my ankle.

But if you wouyld have told me that I would miss my last weekend of training because a volcano was going to chuck up a load of ash, preventing my journey home and instead I would be doing a Phileas Fogg type journey - well, who could have predicted THAT?

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Last long run before the big day

I am in Exeter for Easter weekend and decided on a change of scenary for my last long run, the plan was to run from St David's station to Starcross and back, a nice 21 miles. But the weather had other plans, that run would have taken me through tracks and marshland and it has been pretty damp down here for the last few days. So instead I ran to the delightful town of Topsham and a few laps along the Exeter Canal.

So up I got at 7.00 and left the house at 8.30 after my muesli and lucozade sport and the minute I left the heavens opened and because I was running along the river the wind was in my face for the first 45 minutes. My ipod stopped working, the ground was soaked and the puddles were up to my ankles so my feet waterlogged within minutes.

But it takes more than a small(!) Devon shower to stop me, so I just sang the tunes in my head and just kept going. I ran past an old friend, so was good to see a friendly face and a few people also out for a long run that I kept passing that became like old friends and a special mention the mongrel that decided come and say hello at mile 19 - that was a very welcome distraction.

But despite being soaked to the skin, I did my second and final long run. Next weekend a gentle 13 and I am well on to the countdown to the big day.

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