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Mamalegato’s going metric!

Just thought that I would get the word out there to all you readers (lol!) that I will from now on be recording all my mileage in Kilometers- it was always a slightly uncomfortable thing for me to be talking about “miles” run but my training programmes were always American and therefore always in miles.Continue reading “Mamalegato’s going metric!”

Fringe Benefits

I have been stewing on various theories as to why I have so much energy this past week or so and I have come up with the following; 1/ My body adjusted to the extra energy I was putting out almost daily whilst training for the marathon and now just expects to be putting outContinue reading “Fringe Benefits”

4:45:29

It’s 2 days post race and I am finally sitting down to write about it. I really wish I had had the time and energy to do it immediately after the whole thing was over because it would likely be a slightly different story. It’s much like (look out, here comes the childbirth analogy!) givingContinue reading “4:45:29”

Tomorrow

26.2 miles. Ready or not, here I come.

8 days

I regret that I haven’t been able to really blog “properly”- by that I guess I mean regularly- there are so many things that cross my mind while I’m out there running and then, well, it’s all about having the time non? I just know it will be lots of fun to look back andContinue reading “8 days”

6.2 to go…

It’s official… I’m tapering (or weaning as a friend called it- I kinda like that, I’m weaning myself off the dreaded long runs…) Saturday’s 20 miler was bitter sweet- but it’s done- and I was initially kind of excited for what lays ahead (the actual race on May 3rd) but now I’m getting aContinue reading “6.2 to go…”

Goals=Good

I’m making a huge effort to squeeze a post in here because I had a great run last night and had time to think about my crazy life and then thought I have to write this down because when I look back on this journey to my first marathon I don’t want to JUST rememberContinue reading “Goals=Good”

Ridiculous

I was trying to find one word that kind of summed up my life right now and really, ridiculous just seems right to me. Continuing on from last weeks saga of many, sort of, emotional upheavals going on in my life this week continued in much the same stressful vein with 6 bouts of theContinue reading “Ridiculous”

Amen

I hate to sound like a crazed running fanatic who views running as something akin to religion or somethin’ but… Hallelujah I have seen the Light! I have been saved. Amen. This past week was really up there with one of the most stressful weeks in my entire life. Without going into too muchContinue reading “Amen”

Almost 15… I’ll take it!

15 was the plan and I didn’t quite make it (I did 14.30 miles) due to several factors but I’m OK with that. I broke 13.1 and that is what I was most concerned about. The first 4 miles felt easy except that I really really had to pee so I was very distracted lookingContinue reading “Almost 15… I’ll take it!”