The Final Countdown

19 days, 18hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds.

Yesterday I completed my last 'long run' before the marathon, 32km or to put some context on it from Cabinteely to Clontarf... and back! It went well, I had fuelled properly throughout the week, was properly hydrated, had some amazing cheesy tunes to keep me going I was ready for anything. Some might call it strange but I enjoyed nearly every second of that run, I knew this was the last time I'd run this distance before the big day and that spurred me on!

The week before I completed a similar distance, and it nearly killed me. I had properly fuelled in the days leading up to it but I ate too early that morning and ran too late. By the time I hit 24km on the Rock Road I thought I was going to die. And I mean really die. I hurt everywhere, even my fingers hurt, I was moving at a good pace but in my mind I was shuffling along. The final 6km took what seemed like hours, but after checking my pace it was 20 secs off my optimum time per km. Not too bad for someone who was convinced she was going home in an ambulance!

We're now in the final stages of our marathon preparation, 4 months of hard work is paying off. The next 19 days for me(13 days for Aubrey) will be spent slowing our training right down and eating properly. We've done nearly all we can do to physically prepare for the marathon(or marathon's in Aubrey's case) and unlike an exam you can't get in any last minute cramming(unfortunately as I'm a crammer!). In fact I learnt the other day, not allowing your body to rest in the next few weeks will actually do you more harm than good!

We've still a good bit to go to reaching our target, so for those of you that haven't sponsored us yet click here and sponsor us online.

All money that we raised will go towards the Irish Cancer Society's cancer support services including research.