Only four and a half hours until the off. How am I feeling? Nervous. The last three nights I've woken up around 4am - which I know is quite normal during my training - but then I needed an alarm clock to get me out of bed. This was just worrying about getting there on time, not forgetting something important, have I done enough training, how much should I drink on the way round... The only consolation is that in terms of resting my muscles it is being horizontal that is important not actually being asleep.
I know the physical signs in my body of when I'm stressed - and these last few days they've all being saying 'stress'.
Now I just need to be confident that I've trained well and not start off too fast. This last week I haven't run further than 3 miles, had two complete days of rest on Thursday and Friday, got to bed early, and eaten well. Yesterday morning I went out for a two mile jog in the sunshine.
Everything I need is ready either to be put on or packed. I've read, re-read and re-read again the final instructions. This morning's breakfast will be - coffee, porridge, a banana and a bagel.
The tracking page on the marathon website is now up and running. Click here for the link.
My race number is 37962. Type that in and then press the 'show tracking and results' button.
For progress during the race if you then click on my name it will take you to the page with 5km splits. [Although this page says the race starts at 9.45am it is actually starting at 10am.] For details of my planned times at these points click here.
I'll be back much later to let you know how it all went. Don't forget that I'm running for Christian Aid - and I'm sure there will be points on the course where some of the stories featured in the weekly videos I've been posting will keep me going. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me so far. If you haven't and you want to just pop over to www.virginmoneygiving.com/keithtarring Thanks.
