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T-12 Until London Marathon

In twelve short days, I will be toeing the line of my second marathon. I am running London and I am super excited!

My current running goal is to do all 6 Marathon Majors (Chicago, London, NYC, Berlin, Boston and Tokyo). I still have a long list to go in order to tick them all off as completed (I have done only Chicago up until now) but I am looking forward to this challenge.

Running has really made me into a stronger, more focused, balanced, happier (and of course fitter) person :). I did not know until I started running in January 2016 (so a bit over a year ago) that I have so much discipline in me, and I still need to put more structure around my training!

I can't wait to come to London (my absolute favorite place on earth) and take on those 26.2 miles. I am still quite unsure what my goal time is. I ran my first marathon in 4 hours and 2 minutes, so I definitely want to take my time to under 4 hours. Apart from that, I will see how I feel on the race day and either go out and take my chances or just stay calm and focused.

I know for sure I will enjoy every step I take (fingers crossed I stay healthy!!) and will see what happens. I put all the work required now, and am just enjoying the taper at the moment, and can't wait to jump on the plane and go into the land of Harry Potter, pubs and sticky toffee pudding!

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