Yeah finally its happening…  I like a few false starts (only when it comes to training!) and I had sinusitis and ear ache with dizziness for a couple of weeks so I thought it was best to put off the training for the marathon until I stopped feeling like the room was spinning – much safer for road running!

So I did it… I googled many Marathon training plans, I toyed with the idea of being “Experienced” rather than novice, but since I’ve only done 1 marathon I chastised myself and went back to the novice plan…   Strictly I should need only 16 weeks but they recommend being a 20 mile a week runner before you start so I’m 25 weeks out from the BIG DAY!

Brighton Marathon 12 April 2015 here I come!

Tonight I laughed in the face of (EX-)Hurricane Gonzalo and went out boldly – ok it wasn’t that hard, the sky had become blue again but there was a cold and gusty wind with which to contend!

Candy and Winnie were overjoyed when I put my trainers on – they’ve been rather bored just going for short walks to the park to chase a ball for the last couple of weeks when I was feeling poorly.

So… 3 miles done!