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I'll make 30-35k runs a regular thing, maybe trying to get a full 42.2 in every now and again
Assuming you're 12 months away from next time, spend 6 months getting niggles sorted & enjoying running (shorter goals maybe), then 6 months from next year's race build gradually upto consistent steady 16 miles ish as a starting point for a 12 to 16 week focused prep for next time. Get the big sessions done well in that prep block as some were missing this time.
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I'll likely enter this one again.
If I'd trained better for this I'm very confident that I could have run an hour faster, well- if I'd not had that burger at any rate.
There's very definitely (for me) a huge performance drop off just as soon as I go beyond the distance I am used to/confident of (which is ~22k)- so I'll make 30-35k runs a regular thing, maybe trying to get a full 42.2 in every now and again.
I do really need to resolve the hot spot issue, I wonder if that is my foot getting tired? That said I did cure it (for a while) by pulling my shoe off, loosening the sock and massaging the ball of my foot. Sadly it came back with a vengeance later.