london marathon

I wrote a pre race report for the first time. That is probably worthwhile prerequisite material. This was the first time I have written a pre race report because I took this one really quite seriously. In advance of the race I had a think about why I wanted to

History suggests that I am quite good at racing marathons. I have run 2 marathons (what I would deem) 'properly' - Berlin 2016, and Boston 2018, and both times I have run faster than my training might have suggested. For Berlin I did Pfitzinger 18/70. I got

I knew whilst training for the Boston Marathon that I also had an entry into the London Marathon. Boston (being Boston) was my goal race. That said, (me being me) I knew that if I hit my goal (sub 3) in Boston then I would almost certainly run London too.

Firstly.. credit to my brother for the exceptional wordplay which is the title for this post - he used it first. Also.. congratulations on your engagement. One day I would like to get married and be good at wordplay. Two weekends ago (23rd/24th April) I was down in London