Legs Merryfoster: without wanting to sound like a fellrunning equivalent of one of Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen (CALL THAT UNFIT? I WERE THAT UNFIT I COULDN'T EVEN BREATHE WI'OUT A SMALL LAD TER POOMP ME IRON LUNG), I had the worst running experience of my life last night (and yes, that does include the time I was caught short on the Wuthering Hike, and even the time I nearly died on Hart Crag). 3 miles into a flat tarmac training run my legs turned to lead and I had to walk home with nothing, absolutely nothing, in the tank. I'm hoping it was just a one-off, inexplicable aberration, but I've never never known feeling as bad in 25 years of running. So, I'll be interested to see what happens tomorrow. If I feel similar to last night, I'll bale out early and book in to the see the doctor next week. (My performance was too awful to simply have been 'normal' unfitness.) One good thing about the FTOP is that you're never that far from the start/finish, unlike in a Lakeland long. It'd be easy to drop out, if necessary, between CPs 1 and 2, or at CPs 4, 6 or 8.
At least it's helped me to decide to go for the early start!