25 April - Sessions 103-105

2040 BST - Four weeks to go and the training has been going great. Short, easy run on Saturday. I tried out the camelbak and I made it about 30 seconds before I turned around to drop it off back home. I didn't like how it felt, weighed, moved and sloshed around. I guess I'll have to use the aid stations and perhaps carry some gels along with me on the race. No problem. I'll just have to do some prior planning.

Sunday was fantastic. The weather was perfect for running...10 deg and a little bit of wind, 13 kts. The sunrise was nice and it got cloudy about half way through so it stayed cool. I took along my water bottle which turned out to be enough water this time and 2 gels. I ate one gel before leaving, one at 6 miles and the third at 12 miles. I used the toilet before I left too so that wasn't a problem this time :) All the conditions were right and I had a great run. Overall I averaged just about 7:30 min/mi. I figure if I would have kept going and ran another 8 miles (for a total of 26.2!) I could have finished around 3:15. My legs were sore, but overall I felt pretty good when I was done. We'll see how the next 2 LSDs go, but I'm feeling pretty good about the race right now. Neither my calves nor my ankle bothered me much. I finally feel like my ankle might be getting better. We'll see.

I rested today. I had been looking forward to today for a while too: No session, no work (bank holiday - day off), and Marshall didn't have school. It was wonderful to sleep in and then get up and have a morning with no schedule. This afternoon I put together our new BBQ and we grilled brats for dinner. Been quite a while now since we grilled out and the brats were pretty tasty.

Edinburgh Marathon Training Session 103
Edinburgh Marathon Training Session 104