Well I have to admit, doing the 110 mile cycle over 8 hours and 45 minutes of cycling had really taken its toll on my body and I was feeling very tired.  I had been delighted with the ‘Short n Sweet‘ training session on the Tuesday however, a 20 mile training run was due by the Sunday 15th September.  As the weekend approached I’d not made it out running again mainly blaming the weather but the reality was I was still exhausted!

The weather improved significantly so I went to Troon beach on Saturday and thought about the 20 mile training session… that’s all I could do when I was drinking coffee and watching the dogs run around!  I was not in the right frame of mind to don the trainers and lycra so I decided to have a restful night.

Sunday rolled round and again I just couldn’t face the 20 miles so I decided to listen to my exhausted body and take a break from training!  I was confident that since I’d done 18 miles a couple of weeks previously, plus managed a massive endurance cycle, that my body would benefit from that training and I’d be able to do the marathon on the 29th…  however, there was still a bit of fear and trepidation!

I looked up the marathon course details and reassured myself that it was practically a downhill course so nothing to worry about!

2013 Loch Ness Marathon Map

2013 Loch Ness Marathon Profile