Marathon training - 22.2 mile run

This morning I ran 22.2 miles in 4 hours 14 minutes burning 2032 calories! This is the furthest that I've ever run and will be my longest training run so the next long run will be 26.2 miles!

I have had a gentle week training due to concerns about my ankle but I stopped many times on this run to stretch (pausing my watch!) and it all went well. The extra 4 miles didn't even seem that daunting.

My extrapolated time would be a marathon in 5 hours. I'd like to be faster than this and ran the first 15 or so at ten minute miles but then slowed off.

I am now starting the taper - where the level of exercise is reduced and the longest training run before the event now is 10 miles. The idea is to let the body recover a little before the event itself.