March 2012

[Sweder]

That echos my strategy for Brighton pretty much. Rely on friends and family to roar life into rubber legs long after the initial bounce and swagger lay sizzling on the sun-baked tarmac. I won't be setting off at 8:27 pace though, something closer to 9 minute miling will be my aim. That was my average pace for the entire Paris Marathon. Given I'll be moving slightly faster than soil erosion by the end I'm looking at somthing like 4:20 which, given the impact of the past three weeks I'll be very happy with. The only down side to all this is I'll probably end up doing another City marathon (I'd hoped Brighton would be my last). I don't think I can hang up my road boots without a sub 4 in my own country *sigh*