How not to run a marathon in 10 ways

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1. Suffer a massive growth and infection, lose 10% of your jaw and two front teeth. 
2. Miss 9 months of running due to 5 dental surgeries 
3. Break your neck 
4. Lose 5 months of training to neck brace and then return to activity 
5. Put on 10kg 
6. Lose two weeks to stomach pain 
7. Discover the stomach pain is appendicitis, have surgery and lose a further 4 weeks and back to square 1. 
8. Give yourself 6 weeks to train from scratch for a marathon. 
9. Give yourself tendonitis almost immediately and end up in an aircast boot for the final couple weeks before the marathon. 
10. Run 15s per km faster than intended pace for the first 20km and hit the wall at halfway. 

Total weeks run in two years: 11
Single longest training block: 5 weeks
Total pre-race runs: 13 

Learnings: Keep the dramatics to a minimum, string some training together, hold the pace.

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