Running My First Marathon in Memory of My Mum and Supporting Women’s Aid

Little 5k today to see how things were feeling….and it felt great!! I’ve missed running so much, especially with Mika grinning at me the whole time wanting to race 🥹 27th is gonna be just fine.

These shin packs are genius! Excuse my room - spot all the running memorabilia! Have been wearing compression socks everyday and practicing RICE due to shin splints😭The next two weeks were for tapering back anyway - not that I have a choice - saw physio on Tues and he’s not so keen on me running at all! There is no way that is happening so I have to be really careful until the 27th. Just bike and walking. As long I make it to marathon day and get over the finish line I will be happy. 🪽✨🦋

3 weeks until the big day!
Have managed 4.5hrs of the bike this weekend (I want to do MORE but need to take it easy) & should hopefully be back running a few shorter runs next week.
Thank you again for all of the donations - almost at our target 🙏🪽

Update – Originally posted on 2025-03-24
I completed a challenging 33k run over the weekend – by far the most difficult one yet. I felt fine while running, but I’ve had some knee and shin pain lingering since a 30k I did in Scotland, and this run definitely pushed things further.
In hindsight, I probably should have stopped, but I carried on and made sure to recover properly afterwards – stretching, foam rolling, icing, and an Epsom salt bath. I’m feeling okay now, but I’ll be taking extra care to avoid injury in the final few weeks.
Some runs are lovely, some are a real test. Also worth noting: my legs are black and blue, and my first thought when I saw the photo? “I look so pale.” Glad I could really focus on the achievement!

Update – Originally posted on 2025-03-17
I spent most of yesterday deep-cleaning my flat in an impressive act of procrastination – amazing how productive you can be when avoiding a long training session. But with six weeks to go until marathon day, there’s no time to skip a week, so I jumped on the spin bike at 8:30 p.m… for three hours.
 
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