So at this time tomorrow (8.10am) I will doing the final checks on my kit and warming up ahead of the 8.30 start of the Country to Capital 44 mile ultra marathon. At this point I'm not sure what to expect with the weather and the beast from the east but I have packed plenty of clothes to layer up.
As I've mentioned via Facebook this week I'm fighting off a cold at the minute and although I haven't gone down with full on man flu I do feel a bit snotty so all being well it holds off for another day.
I've been asked if I'm nervous about it and in all honesty I haven't really thought about it too much until yesterday when I was packing my kit. With the last few weeks being focused on Christmas and the new year and the fact that I returned to work on Monday it's sort of snook up on me to the point that it is now only 24 hours away.
What is going through my head is have I done enough training and I guess only tomorrow will tell. I starting tracking my mileage from 22nd October and to date I have completed 500 miles so I guess I must be in a reasonable state of fitness?!
But could I have done more? I'm sure I could have done things slightly different but at the end of the day I'm not a professional athlete and I have to juggle a family and job so to cover this amount of mileage as training is pretty good going.
My strategy for tomorrow remains the same and that's minimum 5 miles an hour which should see me through in at least 9 hours bearing in mind there is a 12 hour cut off with time limits for each check point.
At this point only 2 things could effect that and that's my cold situation and the weather. Fortunately I have ran 26 miles before with a heavy cold and survived and I have ran in the snow and minus temperatures before so it's not going to be alien to me.
My sponsorship total is just under £800 which is a great motivation considering its only the first challenge and I've had some great messages of support from friends and colleagues although I'm sure people will be sick of me going on about it by the summer!
I've called this part 1 as I plan to do and update later tonight when I'm at the Red lion pub in Wendover getting set for my final preparations.
As for now it time to hydrate and carb load.
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