Moby Dick

Moby Dick turned out to be one of the best books I ever read - at the time I was trapped in Russia, the claustraphobia of the novel translated into my situation, the sailors trapped on a voyage of over 2 years searching for the whales. But Moby Dick is a novel of obsession so the link is with marathon running...

Tomorrow... I feel I haven't kept this blog up lately, so where have we been?
The epic of 20 miles with Dr Phil was repeated the following Sunday, but this time 22 miles on my own, the furthest I did in training. There was also an accident with a dog lead a few days later which readers of my Facebook page may well be aware of; that left me pretty shaken.
There was the great Christian Aid Raffle, which was amazing and raised £324 - basically the sponsorship has gone over the £2,000 mark; thank you all so very much! Photos from the raffle will follow.
The next long run was 18 miles and since then it's all been tapering down... 12 miles on sunday, 4 miles on Monday, sprint session on Tuesday and...nothing! Just pasta and sleep and sitting in the sauna. 2 miles tonight round Battersea Park in race kit and then the big day - feeling quite excited really!
So today is just a restful day of listening to Led Zeppelin (did anyone get the link?) and making sure all my kit is ready. Went to the marathon Expo at the Excel Centre yesterday to pick up my race number and chip etc... I was there for hours, there were some amazing deals!