3 weeks to go - omg !

 Only 3 weeks to go. Where has the time gone .
I think training has been going ok although I have been suffering with a cold (man flu) this week so I have had to take it easy. I was reading an interesting article today from a respected expert on running and didnt realise that when you do a long run it can take a day a mile to recover ,e;g a 20 mile run can take 3 weeks to recover from , no wonder I cant run as fast as I want when I do my shorter runs in the week. Now I know why the taper period starts 3 weeks before the marathon .
 1 more long run on sunday ,the oakley 20 in bedford. Apparently it's a tough race and a bedford harriers member told me that if you can do oakley without too many problems you can do the marathon . Hopefully I will make it round ok .  Unfortunatlely my friend Karen has a foot injury that wont go away so has had to defer which is a great shame . Not sure if I will be doing the marathin next year ! on the plus side my friend manjit is going well and should go sub 3 hours in the marathon taking into account he did a 20 mile run in under 2hrs 15mins the other week, wow !
 Please check back in when you are bored to see how I go on sunday .
Grant
p.s The orion was a good training run . I did 2 miles befoe the start and was going ok until I lost a shoe in the mud at mile 2 and had to stop a few times to retrieve the shoe and empty out the mud and stones at various points . Never mind , some tough hills  and muddy sections provided some good training .