Hasta luego España, Hello London

This is my final blog post before I set off for London. I never thought I could be so nervous about a run. Normally, the morning of a half-marathon, how should I put this....my stomach is normally a little delicate, but I think thats as much due to the change of routine from getting up earlier and sitting on the bus, a full two days before and my belly is already tieing itself up in knots.

I guess the nerves are partly due to the uncertainty, we've had the flight problems, but they seem to have been resolved just in time. The knee issue still remains though, things seem to improving but I haven't dared try running, right now I'm thinking it is best to rest it, and just see what happens on Sunday. I don't need to run beforehand, I know my fitness is there to run 42km, I know it will hurt afterwards because I've lost some of the muscle memory from not running much in the last three weeks, but that isn't important now, I don't mind hobbling around with sore muscles for a month provided I get round.

I had the last session with the physio today, this time she told me that my pelvis was twisted slightly and this could be causing the problem on my left side, cue a couple of minutes of torture as she put her knees in my back to hold me in place and twisted it back. She told me not to do any running today, and if anything tomorrow then very gentle, and things should settle into the right place by Sunday.

Time will tell, we'll see if the gods are smiling on me on Sunday.

Anyway, it seems as good a time as any to list exactly how much training has gone into this marathon, I'm listing below the totals for swimming, cycling and running since I got back from my holiday at the end of August last year, when I started to build towards London.

Swimming   40.5km 18hrs 40min
Cycling       640.4km 33hrs 26min
Running      1061.0km 81hrs 51min

I'm not sure what to think of those totals, are they alot, too little, or just enough. Its another question for Sunday.

Now I have to sign off and make sure I've packed everything before the journey starts.
Wish me luck! And thanks for reading!

Hasta pronto