Tape-ering!

So, this is me just before going out for my last run today before I take part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon next Sunday. I really wasn’t joking about the amount of tape I get through. Brings a whole new meaning to ‘tapering’!

Works a treat though and thank goodness for Youtube videos about taping various parts of your body. 8 km run felt great this morning. Not too cold and bright sunshine all the way round. I’m feeling so much more confident I can do 13.1 miles, even with a slightly dodgy ankle. (Perhaps I should have included that in the title of my blog too?) Still not convinced about 26 miles though. Not sure they make enough tape for that…

Thank you for your messages and likes that I’ve had already on FB too. It’ll really help me to keep going when the training gets tough.

I found a pretty cool article from Runner’s World last night that I think will help when I get into my proper long runs – ‘4 Ways to Stop Negative Thinking on Runs.’ https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/motivation/a775746/4-ways-to-stop-negative-thinking-on-runs/?utm_content=buffer0cb7e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2xwhVbrSULSK724I6S2Fqq4M-gQ1OVQzTfmuoWmUo63-Mnum37Iqv1w6Q

(Whenever I get passed by someone going faster than me, I just tell myself they have just started and I must have run much further than them! 🙂 I find maths helps too if I’m tired and want to take my mind off running – not because I’m good at maths, but it takes me so much brain power to work out times based on lots of difference paces, I completely forget about various achy bits!)