Hi all,

So it turns out that Florence, my original intended marathon choice, isn't completely legal for Commonwealth selection purposes - the net downhill is too much. I have been given the choice of either:

a) doing it anyway. My coach's company (Full Potential) take a group over so I'll have my coach there and know I'll be all sorted and worry-free. Even if I run a qualifying time elsewhere, I'll almost definitely have to do it at London again anyway to gain any sort of selection, and so the fact that it's null and void means not much.

b) do Milan - similar time of year, similar everything.

c) do Bordeaux. Again, similar time of year and climate. 

I know nothing about past results etc for any of these and will research this  a bit but I am thinking that the best thing to do is to pick whichever is going to give me the best chance of a fast time, as I'll have to run fast at London anyway. This seems like Florence to me, but I will add more thoughts on this at a later date when I've done some research. Any thoughts from yourselves would be appreciated!

Otherwise, am in the midst of my 3rd week in a row of 90+ miles. I felt AWFUL yesterday on my 80 minute run. As in, I stopped twice because my legs felt horrific and I just wanted to stop. This barely ever happens to me. But then, I did 60mins this morning and felt fresh. Oh, the joys of running.....

Byeeeeee

Ben