So the final weekend before the marathon and I am officially on a taper, partly because of my bung knee which flared up again this weekend. After about 10kms running with the music from Chariots of Fire in my head, congratulating myself on how good my prep has been this year; then my knee woke up and said hello. If I now leave it in the same position for 30 minutes at a time it complains when I move it again. So this week is scheduled to be spent with mainly ice and the heat on my knee (alternately) until it craves the attention no more. Anyway, this picture shows the run from this weekend with satelitte image and pace graph which shows I was going at a fairly demon pace for me.
I am planning to do the marathon at 5 minutes per km so doing 16km at 4:40 was great for me as I still felt fine at the end. After about 8km I also tried out the energy mousse things they hand out on the course and it seemed to give some extra power to the legs as well. It's probably all in the mind but I shall carry some on the day to help me on my way.
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