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Let me paint you a picture.

It's days, a week, weeks even since you ran a big race.

Your brain's feeling foggy.

You're a little bit lost.

You're bumping into things.

You don't know where to go. You end up walking the streets late at night, wondering, just thinking. Is this you after a marathon? Or is this you after a few glasses of wine in an evening? Well, same rule applies, actually.

Do you know what though? I know exactly what you mean. Like post-marathon general blues, it's such a weird

feeling because you forget the race so quickly. You're not left, you're left not really

knowing what's happened and you're just kind of wondering what's next. Yes, that's what we're

going to talk about today. I actually ran my half-mouthed yesterday and I am a broken man. So we're

going to be talking about the physical and mental effect of racing on your body

and your mind.

That's going to be what we're talking about today.

And also some big news on numbers for next year's London Marathon.

And I got an email this week which basically reminded Owen and I of the reason why we do this.

Let's get into it.

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