Daftly I'd ended up with no leeway and so with my official 100th marathon booked, I had to race through the nineties with nothing going wrong. The Bad Cow double was hot and humid on day one and rainy on day two. I really didn't fancy them so soon after my Irish adventure but I had a schedule to stick to...
Cakeathon was another rainy day and I seemed to have nothing in my legs but the schedule was the schedule...
And then, with ridiculous stupidity I somehow thought it would be great if numbers 96 to 99 were a pair of two marathons in under 24 hours, never having attempted that feat previously, and with the first of each pair taking part partially in darkness. With my terrible night vision and an over-riding necessity to avoid injury. This was when the nineties did indeed become nervous! There really so many things that could go wrong, particularly with my car chugging on beyond the 150,000 mile point. However, I got them done. The dark runs were tough, Kent Coastal was hot and had a lot of concrete, Bath Two Tunnels was novel, the mile long second tunnel on both loops being a cool experience in both senses.
So... I adhered to the daft schedule, injuries were avoided and the 99th marathon completed. It was a relief more than anything.
22nd August 2015 Bad Cow day 1 4:47:03 #93
23rd August 2015 Bad Cow day 2 5:05:58 #94
31st August 2015 Cakeathon 5:19:43 #95
5th September 2015 Black Hugin 4:53:35 #96
6th September 2015 Kent Coastal 4:54:33 #97
19th September 2015 Thames Trail 5:18:23 #98
20th September 2015 Bath Two Tunnels 5:11:11 #99
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