I have a ballot place at London 2025 which is on 27(?) April next year. I had a great training schedule which started on 15th September with a half marathon (I was comfortably at that level , in August I ran 23km training run etc) . However, in that half or soon after I trapped a nerve in my hip and was 8 weeks out of action. I'm now absolutely full of cold/flu, and obviously it's December. Life is crazy busy and I have just missed another weekend training because I'm so unwell.
Is there still time to train? I have just under 5 months. I don't think I can go back to my original schedule, I will need to rework it for the 4.5 months now. I can run a few times a week and a long one at weekends if I work it properly. I'm absolutely not fussed about time at all, I'm seeing this as a once in a lifetime opportunity and just want to do it and enjoy it. I was running the other day, did a 10km, and was thinking i could run at this pace indefinitely, and after such a long injury i was just so glad to be running but I'm being realistic about whether it's actually feasible. The jump from 21 to 42 is massive.
I'm thinking if I can continue to run 3/4 times a week with a long one at the weekend, and try to do a super long one every month then it might be doable?? I have a good base level of fitness and have experience of long distances .