Speed

Mega. It's four miles to work from home which is just about right for a daily quota, I reckon. So today, it was 35 mins door to door. This makes 6.8 mph average ish. And to do 26.2 miles in under 3 1/2 hrs you need to be doing 7.5 mph ish. So I need to speed up.

Ah, but then on the santa run (which was conducted not entirely sober after 3 hours sleep in a full length Mr Claus outfit, and involved jostling in a slow crowd and chatting for a while) was done at 7.9 miles per hour for just under 4 miles... were it not for the fact that I was somewhat out of sorts at the end of it, evidence could be taken to suggest that red wine and a lack of sleep are in fact essential aspects of any marathon training plan.

And that run to work also involves 4 major roundabouts, 1 Thames bridge, two mainline stations, theatre land, a giant gold Freddie Mercury and the Tottenham Court Road. Not entirely condusive to Going Fast.

I've just discovered how to link stuff and its great. We like. I should try a picture, perhaps.

Pictures don't seem to work.