Game on!

At last the big day has arrived! Today is Day #1 of my 16 week marathon training program. I've been more than a little concerned about this in the lead up to it...

1. Would my previously injured calf muscle hold out?
2. Would I be able to face getting up at 6am in the dark, or would I just ignore my alarm and go back to sleep?
3. On the great advice of my podiatrist/physio I've got a stack of DIY bits of heel-raising materials in my running shoes for the purpose of protecting my pull-prone calf muscles. Would they swim all over the place, causing me to stop running every 5 mins to put them back in place?

Awesome news - it all went well. I needed to run for 50 mins non-stop at a pace of between 6.30min/km and 7.10min/km. My pace was slightly off (7.14), but I was being really over-cautious to protect my calf muscles, so could have definitely taken it up a notch.

1 training run down.... 61 to go!