Again

So It's a little over a month since my first marathon. The euphoria has faded and cold, hard facts stare me in the face. I received my official time certificate yesterday and 4:52:52 seems like an eternity. After all the effort and pain, I can't believe I finished in this time. My split times (taken at 14K, 23K and 32K) also tell the story...I slacked off way too much in the first 14 K. But no point brooding.

What is clear is I can't go around for too long with 4:52 as a finish time. What is also clear and dauntingly so is the comparative increase in everything that will have to be done to achieve a time commensurate with personal satisfaction levels.

To begin with I need to lose about 8 kilos / 15 pounds. No other target for the next 2 months. I may start a weekly tarmac run from March though...and so we begin.