High June

[Charliecat5]

Super exciting to see you embarking on the training program, MLCMM! Although you have obviously been putting in some fantastic miles over the last few months, so it must be hard to find a plan that starts at a sufficiently high level? Are you going to be braving something tougher than a "beginner" plan? Will you just drop in part way through the 16 weeks? Or will you be fully customising and personalising your own plan?

This is even more exciting for me, because I have (almost) bitten the bullet and am planning to run a marathon too... on the same day as you! Good luck training buddy!

A customised plan is always a necessity for me thanks to the vagaries of shift work, but in this instance also because I have to incorporate a lot of hill work if I'm to also run the Point To Pinnacle again in November, which is the plan at this stage.

And it's great to have a running buddy, even if we're on opposite sides of the planet and running different races ... game on!

Right people... we have a game in play.  Roll up, roll up, and place your bets.  Who's going to win this race... the hairy gorilla or marathondan!  (did you see what I did there).