Hurrah, I finally get to right the blog having prised Em away from the keyboard!!

Week 7 has been a slap back to reality with a combination of jet lag, returning to work and not having run properly for almost 2 weeks. The 3 miles on Tuesday and 5 miles on Wednesday almost caused a visit to a scientific research institute to see if our legs had actually turned to granite. Fortunately the 10 miles today (yes we are into double figures!) confirmed that this wasn’t the case and on marathon day we may actually make it further than Jade Goody.

I personally think that the best training strategy is be allowed full paid leave from work by your boss in order to concentrate on marathon training. Maureen has mentioned that you are monitoring our progress Julie so if you could pass on this handy hint I would be very grateful. Unfortunately Em is her own boss and is so indecisive she may not have made her mind up until after the marathon.

Quick thanks to Erica and Ken for dropping us 10 miles away from home today so we could run back. I think they were hoping we wouldn’t make it or get lost along the course amongst all the wood on the Worthing beaches.

Total miles this week: 18

Lessons learnt: Don’t run on the sea front on a sunny Sunday lunch time as tripping incidents with zig zaging dogs could put pay to your marathon hopes.