Diary of a marathon runner, 17 weeks to go

Hi all

17 weeks to marathon and training going ok.  Tough to run in this heat at the moment but it's good preparation for the real deal in August when you'd expect it to be hot. Got to run twice last week early in the week with a 5k and 12k and the long run on Sunday was another 16k.  This time the liquid situation was spot on - diluted orange juice and salt which kept me going through the run. I had hoped to run with a mate but a confusing text message between us meant I ran alone.

NW 10 this weekend so good luck if you're doing it

Chat next week