Genuine Mid Life Crisis

[El Gordo]

I remember a correspondence on the Hal Higdon forum about doctors and running. The consensus, based on experience, seemed to be that doctors who don't run themselves have little idea what they're talking about, will always err on the side of caution, and will almost always advise you to stop, or to take it very slowly. Doctors who DO run will usually encourage you to carry on. So the advice, whenever someone complained about their doctor telling them to stop running was usually: see another doctor, and preferably one who runs.

But perhaps an impending marathon is a different thing. When is it - January? Hmmm. Could be tricky. I'm sure you'll be fine for the day, but it's all the training you'll be missing, of course. Hard to catch up with once it's gone. In fact, one of the rules of the game is that you shouldn't try to catch up with missed training because it isn't possible.

Bad luck, mate.