I’m actually jealous you currently have a cold!
I was away with my extended family last weekend and my sister was full of cold… now both my small kids have it… I’m currently eating ALL the vitamin C and zinc I can find 
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Hopefully that cold stays away until after Sunday!
I’m running Manchester too. My first marathon. Hindered by Achilles issues 7 weeks out, so just aiming to complete rather than any particular time.
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I’m running our city’s marathon the weekend after next. Probably pretty backwoods next to those big UK races, but we pull out a bit of fanfare and I’ve always really loved that course.
Was actually training for the 10k, but felt like I needed something different and some fun/lower stakes racing coming off track season. No real long runs recently so… we’ll see. I think I have not done enough dumb races lately
I was going to ask that too, but already assuming too much that you might be in the UK(!)
We’ve got a bunch of runners up there too, also a few ran Paris recently. Have a great time!
I’m sticking with 5-10k this season
Good luck to all you 26.2ers this weekend.
Just. Keep. Running.
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3h29m46s to sneak a sub 3½hr Marathon at Manchester. It was really hot (for the UK this time of year) which probably cost about 2 - 2.5 minutes
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Great work and brilliant time!
It sure was a hot day for this time of year.
My Manchester time was 4:59:32. My goal was just to complete it after suffering with the achilles 7 weeks out and missing all long runs above 28km in training.
I’m supper pleased with a sub 5 hour for my first ever marathon (previous longest run was 28km), especially in the conditions.
A huge well done to everyone who ran a marathon at the weekend!
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Well, I got my Pumas. I jogged across my living room and my first impression is that they should be banned.
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I got mine yesterday too, but they were too baggy.
Need to size down.
I will do lab testing with these and my other 3 favorites later this year, very excited.
They are generously sized for a racing shoe, but that’s how I like it
I’m injured again after just building up to a few hours running a week following another long-term injury (midfoot stress fracture). I’m treating the new injury as a tibial bone stress injury and going to try and manage it myself based on evidence-based guidelines. I’d been increasing mileage gradually and hadn’t introduced any harder running yet. I’d also done all the other rehab elements well: increased energy intake and introduced heavy resistance training and plyometrics. Very frustrating…
Yes. Suggestion: do more cross-training. More bike, more swim, more strength. Keep the volume of running lower for a while. Increase more slowly than you’d thought. You need to get past this and STAY uninjured for a while.
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