September 2011 - The Fear Begins.

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

With four days to go I hit the streets for my last real training run before race day. I had intended just an easy 5km but the glorious day and a general "feeling good"ness set in and I completed 6.5km at the top end of my goal race pace of 5:30/km. And this on a tough, hilly course. I won't say it was easy - the hills were very hard, but it bodes well for Sunday.

My target is to complete all 21 kilometres between 5:30 and 5:40 pace, which will get me inside the 2 hours. It still sounds an onerous challenge, but everything to date suggests it should be possible.

Here goes.