So..... running

[jmc41]

Well I went to see the doc, unfortunately the doc that used to be medic for the England cricket team was unavailable for various reasons so had to make do.

It's the lateral ligement apparently, which is quite hard to injure, the medial is more common. Not sure if that's good or bad as I've not had a chance to google yet, but she seemed to think I could get a support and run, but to keep the distance below 5 miles and not start until Wednesday.

So I got a open knee support and will give it a go with a short distance on the flattest ground around, I have a route that won't take me more than a mile from home so will see what happens. It feels pretty much okay now as it did yesterday, but then it did Friday, if it starts more than twinging I'll stop right away.

Pete: I'm not really sure you should be throwing up after every long run? I've felt pretty bad on a few runs (normally dehydration) but never actually been sick. I do like sticking my head into a sink full of cold water after anything substantial which seems to help. Are you taking on small amounts of water, I've never found the need to drink on runs, but don't normally go over 2h as I'm not (yet?!) marathon training.

[Edit] From what I've read (having never done a race) your ERP should be a minute slower than planned, so if you're doing 12:30 training you should aim for 11:30 race day, that sounds like a massive difference to me on anything above 10k though. Another thing I read is that the distance tends to be more unless you are able to follow the exact path, so I'd bank on it being more ilke 26.5 or slightly more. Again, just what I've read possibly lostkat with a GPS watch has some experience?