By now, you should be well trained and able to cover 42.2kms comfortably in one go, in good time. Let's face it, if you can't you’re doing the wrong race and you'll be coming home medal-free and totally miserable.
You'll also be miserable if you make an injury worse by continuing to train on it or if you are running when you are ill.
For the record, I've just had a week off with a nasty chest cold and have just had to rest up and let it take its course. Am I cheesed off yes, but looking at my resting heart rate and HRV it's really obvious which day it started, peaked and then faded away. There are a lot of health features built into a GPS watch which will show this - so why not use them?
Basically, if it says you are ‘Strained’ or your HRV is in the red - you’re knackered.
The simple fact is that you won't improve your MDS now by much, if anything at all, but you can ruin it 100% - so please don't. If you are not sure, ask me, give me what’s been going on and I'll give you some advice that may just change the outcome of your MDS.
Getting there, injury free and well rested is the best way I promise - see you there safe and sound - raring to go.
1,234 Marathons - 291 Ultras - 10 GWR - 18 MDS Legendary - 1 Vision
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