I completed the last of my 4 marathons about 2 years ago but after a cancer diagnosis, the loss of my mother and a battle with depression I gave up running and piled on a fair bit of weight. I went for my first run last week and was amazed at just how unfit I was (1.7 miles and I’d stopped). So as extra motivation to get my fitness back to where it once was I’ve decided to run to London next April (Sunday-Friday) and then run the London Marathon on the Sunday. Seeing as my fitness has gone back to beginner levels, is a year of training enough for this? I feel like my previous marathon experience will help my training but my wife is worried I’m taking too much on.
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Any tips, advice, warnings etc. will be gratefully received.
Running with all your kit probably makes it doubly hard.
I'd not be committing until I had a few months of training and could see it coming together.
It sounds like a huge undertaking to me but good luck with it.
I'm not sure your marathon fitness will help you that much if it was last used two years ago - but its better than not ever having done anything ?
I won’t fully commit to this until my place is guaranteed though but in the mean time I’m just concentrating on getting my mileage back up.
You'll get into London with a charity place - I don't think they'd turn anyone down! Does the 190 include the marathon?
With canal running you'll be able to get supplies along the route as you go so your pack needn't be too heavy. What are you doing for the nights?
Sounds interesting and do-able as long as you build up slowly enough.