With just 3 weeks left on my plan – here are 26.2 signs that you are training for a marathon…
- Saturday evenings no longer consist of wine, instead, it’s all about the right ratio of carbs and protein.
- Your bedtime gets earlier as your mileage increases.
- You get up earlier on a Sunday than you do Monday-Friday, to fit that long run into your day.
- You will spend most of your lunch breaks at work route planning your long runs.
- Dry shampoo is your best friend.
- Runger – you will want to eat all of the food.
- You WILL eat all of the carbs.
- Your phone is full of sweaty selfies and screenshots of your mileage.
- You will have a favourite flavour of gel.
- That post run shower is when you realise how badly you chaffed.
- Sitting in a cold bath is normal.
- Am I coming down with a cold or is it just maranoia?
- Your feet may be missing the odd toenail and you’re totally fine with it.
- You say things like ‘It’s just a 16 mile run tomorrow.’ Yes, just 16 miles…
- You know everything about your running partners since you’ve spent hours training together.
- If you trained alone – you’ve learnt a lot about yourself.
- You will probably have at least one running related dream / nightmare.
- Sports bra / capri pant tan lines
- You realise you have leg muscles that you never knew existed.
- Walking up the stairs after a long run makes you wish you lived in a bungalow.
- Your heels have been replaced by comfy shoes.
- You will think nothing about spending £10 on a pair of socks.
- You start thinking that the road you are driving on would make a good running route.
- You have never drunk so much water in your entire life.
- You wear so much lycra your friends and family have forgotten what you look like in ‘normal clothes’
- You’ve secretly practised your finish line pose.
26.2 You’re tired of telling people that ALL marathons are 26.2 miles. Yes, even London!
