Hi! I'm Stef 👋 Last September, I started running, aged 41, having not run since school. Things escalated! I'm now training for the London Marathon in October 🙀 Read the full story

1/12/2020, 9:55:42 AM – Run log

1st weekend slow, long run

13.85 km01:23:376:04 min/kmStrava

Some news! I’ve got a last minute London Marathon place 🙀🎉

It’s at the back end of April, so I’m getting prepared with a plan to get me fit enough to be able to do it. All of the plans I’ve found seem to be based on doing a long, slow weekend run. My wife, Emily, gave me some advice - don’t go too far too quickly. So this is an experiment to extend a little bit on last week’s ten k.

I really enjoyed being in “explore” mode today. I discovered a place called “Hilly Fields” complete with a mysterious Druidic stone circle?!

I got repeatedly lost in graveyards for some reason, but thank goodness for Google maps!

My hip is a bit painful, so I’ve got to keep an eye on that, but otherwise, I reckon I can do this. Quite an exciting thing to aim for to start a new decade!

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