Yesterday was the running of the Harbour City Marathon [1]. Having done next to zero proper training, it comes as no surprise that my placing was poor. I was over 20 minutes slower than in Taupo.

I think I learned a lot yesterday:

• It’s entirely possible to run a half-marathon with next to no training.

• It’s still not a good idea.

The next running of the Levene Half Marathon at Taupo is in less than two months. I’m taking a short break from running, and if training doesn’t go phenomenally well over the next month, I’m not even going to enter. While it might sound a bit defeatist, it’s likely because I was a bit defeated. Despite that, I’m actually in a decent place to pick up a proper training schedule again, and I’m quite hoping that everything goes well.

¹ Including half-marathon and 10km run/walk.