Marathon Day!

Well the big day has finally arrived.

My bum bag is packed, my bra is decorated, I'm munching on carbs and drinking plenty of water. Feeling fairly prepared but still mildly aprehensive in amongst the excitement. Heading off to the park at 8:30pm and then the walk will begin at midnight.

Hopefully should cross the finish line by 7:30am. Off to Dalavich straight after but will post how i got on once I'm back.

Saturday 6th June 2009

I set off this morning with the goal of walking 20 miles. Unfortunately by 2 miles in my ankle was starting to play up. I slowed my pace down though and carried on. By 5 miles it was really starting to hurt so another slowing of pace and I decided to carry on whilst deciding what I should do. By 8 miles I was nearly hobbling so decided it best to stop for the day.

If I'd carried on I'd likely have done myself more harm than good and possibly jepordize my chances of actually managing the walk on the day.

So with two weeks left to go, I'm finished my long walks. I'm going to try and get out for a few shorter walks just to be sure my ankle is ok. I've got a bra decorating session this week and then moving my sleep pattern to nights to help give me enough energy for the big day.

Sunday 31st May

Today was another solo walking day. Another 16 miles in sweltering heat. I took the route along the Water of Leith again but this time I went 8 miles along and then turned round and came home.

I was really thankful for the shade and fast tempo tunes on my mp3 player kept me at a good speed. Made it home in 4 hours 15 minutes, including photo/snack breaks!

Beginning to actually feel optimistic about the walk now. If I can do 16 miles with barely any aches then I should be ok for the 26.2 miles.

Next walk: sat/sun 20 miles. Final long distance walk before cutting down to short walks and high carbs in the final two weeks before.

Better start decorating that bra!