Update

Time for a quick update ahead of tomorrow's half marathon.

My foot was still tender on Monday evening and so we came to the sensible decision to sacrifice Tuesday morning's short run.  It was to be my 57th training run and it was the first one I missed.  I was gutted.  However, I went to the gym and did 40 minutes of cross training, which meant I worked all the right muscles without high impact.

On Wednesday morning it felt much better and I comfortably covered 7 miles - back on schedule again.  :-)  Wednesday also saw a break in the weather: the park was luscious green after the recent rain and it was bathed in golden, oblique sunshine.  A wonderful sight!

That evening I saw Jennie (my physio/osteopath) and she agreed it was probably just a muscle which cramped at the end of Sunday's run.  She gave me a great (i.e. painful, tension releasing) massage and a clean bill of health.

So now I'm preparing for tomorrow.  Looking at my kit list it's just as well we're not planning to take public transport!  I'm starting to feel a little nervous - not about the running, just about the logistics of the day.