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Training for a marathon I might not run

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We are now approaching the time where people training for spring marathons are hitting their biggest distances in training, and I am one of those people, sort of. I entered Brighton marathon in a blur of activity on the UKRunchat twitter page, where being egged on by various members, a load of us, I think about 50+, all entered Brighton marathon in the space of a few days. I was training for an Ultra at the time so it was a case of ' it should be alright, I'll be training for further than this distance so I know I'll be able to do it' but fast forward a few months and the ankle injury happened, which wiped me out for 8 months, meaning that I missed a few races that I'd already entered, but in the distance there was always 'Brighton' and the belief that I had time to get ready for it and give it a proper go. After being given the sort of all clear by the physio to start running just before Christmas, I have been slowly increasing the distance of my run