I've started to get my kit organised so that I'm not panicking later but this only seems to add to the nerves.
Despite this I am feeling relatively confident and I've taken it easy with the running this week by only doing about 20 miles. Training has gone well and I've completed over 100 miles in February so if all goes well I'd like to finish in under 5 and a half hours but I don't want to get ahead of myself.
I've also had some good news this morning and that is that Eva is on the mend. She hasn't been well this week but its good to hear she's doing a lot better so I'm going to put in a big effort tomorrow for her!
I also want to give a big shout out to the team at The Training Room - personal trainer academy. They have sponsored this event and have donated £150 which has helped raise over £1160 so far for Springboard Opportunity Group.
So the London Ultra Marathon route is a mixture of trail, grass and Tarmac but is apparently quite flat.
We start off at the City of London sports pavilion at 9am and follow the Capital Ring via crystal palace, tooting, Wandsworth, through Wimbledon and Richmond park, past Brentford and finish in Greenford 31 miles (50k) later.
I'm staying at home tonight so we have a relatively early start in the morning so that I can get registered by 8.30 at the latest. My support crew for this event will be the wife and kids so I'm looking forward to seeing some smiling faces at 6am tomorrow morning.
With next week being half term I have booked Monday off work so I will make it up to them all. The plan is to go swimming so a bit of a busman's holiday for me but I'll try not to be too critical of the leisure centre we go to.
So the rest of today sees me keeping hydrated and taking in as many carbs as possible whilst trying to get into the zone, whatever that is!
That's it for now so I'll hopefully see you on the other side of Challenge 2.
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