One week to go and not feeling ready

While there is still a bit of time for the London Marathon in April, I am quite nervous about my upcoming trial marathon in Israel next week, the 12th of January. This will be my first marathon ever and I say trial, because I don’t intend to break myself or get injured, yet I am determined to finish it. I have been preparing for it for the last 13 weeks; hill runs, fartlek runs, long runs, recovery runs, threshold runs, cross training, you name it – but strangely I still don’t feel ready or that I am “there” yet. I probably never will, so I guess it is time to take a step in faith and just do it. One week to go…