Today was the day of the training workshop run by the Brighton Marathon organisers. Obviously it made sense to hold it in Brighton so once the workshop was over I took the opportunity to do today's 5 mile run there. I decided to run part of the actual marathon route:
As you can see, I ran the section from the Hilton hotel (officially the half way point of the marathon), west for two miles and then turned back and ran three miles to approximately where the finish will be. My theory is that I have now run the end of the route: on the day I can get to mile 23 knowing I've done the final miles previously, so I can do them again. I was trying to take in as many sights, sounds and physical sensations as possible, training my body and mind to know what it feels like to successfully run in Brighton, all the way to the finish line.
Today I felt the benefit of my new jacket as I contended with the weather - 25mph winds and rain (I'm hoping for better weather on the day!). Whilst the wind is a disadvantage of running along the seafront, the definite advantage is that it's dead flat!
I didn't notice the presence/absence of leaves on trees today (there aren't many trees along the seafront) but I did notice the colour of the sea: turbulent green-grey with lots of white horses. Apparently on marathon day there's a roar from the crowds in the city centre; today I listened to the roar of the sea.
The workshop itself was very useful. They showed a preview of a video which will be online in due course (I'll share the link when it's available), which definitely got the passions burning and the excitement bubbling! The rest of the day covered nutrition, kit, exercises and stretching and contained lots of handy hints (allow 30 minutes for queuing for the loos in the park before the start, apparently!).
All in all it was a great day by the seaside.
P.S. I asked a physio at the exhibition to look at the ankle I twisted a little yesterday; apparently there's still a little swelling, although there's no sign of tears or breaks (*phew*). It gave me no trouble in the run today; tomorrow it'll have a rest, hopefully this will help its recovery.
P.P.S Post edited on December 3rd - feedback said the original version was too detailed. :-)
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