Anglaise I've found a training plan on a website called cool running that I'm going to follow. It's a 20 week plan, so for the next 4 or 5 weeks I'm just going to get used to running regularly and build up my miles a bit. The X-ray when I broke my toe also picked up that I am getting some arthritis in my big toe so I'm going to substitute some of the runs with the exercise bike so I don't put too much stress on my foot.
Whowould I started running 10 yrs ago to try and lose my baby weight. My friend talked me into doing the Great North Run with her. Even then I never thought I'd be able to run a marathon. I run pubs, and I then took over a pub near The Mall and we hosted a charity's meeting point for its runners and the atmosphere was amazing and on the spur of the moment I said I would do it the next year. The next day the charity organiser emailed me and said he'd put my name down. So I decided I would give it my best effort, trained really hard, got my weight down and was all set to do it in 4hrs. Unfortunately as I had a charity place you don't get to start in a timed pen, but have to start at the back with the masses. So I made the fatal error of starting too fast, trying to get passed the slower runners. I did the first half in 1:45. But then at 17 miles I hit the wall. In fact I smashed into the wall. I honestly didn't think I was going to finish, I sat down and phoned my dh and cried. My biggest tip about doing a marathon is put your name on your shirt, the front of your shirt too. Without a doubt the crowd got me to the end of that race. I finished in 4:21:20. I found out about a week later that I was actually about 4 weeks pg when I ran.
I did it again 2 yrs later, was not nearly as well trained, and was about a stone over weight. I decided I was just going to go steady, get round and enjoy the atmosphere. I paced myself much better, my split time was pretty much equal and I finished without stopping, and beat my previous time by 16seconds!
It's a great experience and I would recommend it to any runner. Also I would say even if you get you own place join a charity team, it gives you a real sense of commeraderie.
Rest day for me today so miles to add.