Too easy…I’ll Bee!!!  

I ran my last long run one the weekend in full.  It was a good test for my ITB and knee to see how they held up and luckily, whilst sore, I didn’t have any problems at all.  Now the real question is:

To Run or Not to Run?

I really want to run the entire marathon!  I love the physical and mental challenge of the long distances, the marathon is a distance you really have to respect.  However, it has taken me longer to recover from the run and I have noticed how much more tiring it was in comparison to the Run/Walk strategy.  This is something also to consider:

20 miles (32.5km) took 3hr 4min to run in full.

20.5 miles (33km) took 3hr 12min using the run/walk strategy.

There really isn’t a huge difference in times achieved and the run/walk offers so many benefits.  Yet, can I bring myself to walk on the big day itself?  I think it is going to take more self control to use the run/walk strategy than to run the entire distance…I think I will sleep on it for the moment :o)