Facing the whole 26.2 miles of a marathon as one chunk can be a quite daunting. Most runners will cover a bit more than 26.2 miles. There is a blue line painted onto the road which shows the exact measured course. In theory if you followed this, you'd run exactly 26.2 miles, which is what the elite runners do. For us in "the masses" though, you can weave about trying to get past other runners and get to your pace, and at the later stage overtaking those who've stopped to walk. That's why my Garmin won't be showing me the mileage (although it will record it so I'll know what I've done). I'll know where I am from the balloon arches over the road. Having said that, I remember getting excited thinking I was coming up to a mile marker sooner than I thought, and then being so disappointed when it turned out to be the 35km marker!
Rather than think of it as one big long run, I try to break it down into sections in my mind. This time, I'll be looking for London landmarks to signal the end of that section. So it'll be something like this:
Start - Cutty Sark (try to get on tv) - Tower Bridge (my favourite part) - Canary Wharf (where the noise from the crowd is amazing) - Tower of London (I missed this last time!) - Big Ben - Buckingham Palace - Finish line
On the weather front, its gone cold again after a few gorgeous days but the forecasts for Sunday are all over the place. Two say 18degrees, bit of cloud and no rain; one says 11degrees, rain and cloud. I'd be happy if this cold weather stays till Monday at least.
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