Our first taper week which meant smaller runs in the week and an 8 mile run at the weekend. Our joints have become a little warn and weary so we did our training this week mostly in the gym to give them a rest as much as possible from the concrete pounding and will continue to do so this week.

One more week to go and then it’s the marathon – unbelievable really! The nerves have really kicked in this week and we keep having to remind ourselves that we have completed 20 miles so we can do it and not to worry – easier said than done though – eek!

Bit of a tiny disaster on Saturday- I tried opening a jar of pasta sauce from Marks and Spencer and managed to pull a muscle in my shoulder. I shall be writing to M&S to complain that even a finely tuned marathon althlete can’t open their jars – I had to go next door and ask David to open it – luckily he is a slightly more tuned marathon athlete also!! So lots of physio exercises (again) for me this week – to make a change. Could do without another muscle ache this week. Grrrrr.

Total miles this week: 14

Lessons learnt: M&S tighten their pasta sauce jars too tight! Must look at buying shares in an Ibuprofen company.