A lot of bad stories on here unfortunately, good luck to all of those recovering from illness and injury - keep at it!
I'm into week 8 of my 18 week marathon programme now. Up to 12 miles on the long run, and it feels fairly comfortable. I had to skip the first two weeks of the programme due to covid and didn't run much last summer really. Despite that, the 5 HM's I completed last year have clearly not been forgotten by my legs and I've managed to shift the Christmas weight and run fairly well. A minor foot injury which from googling seems to be a tendon in the top of the foot which is likely from where I've tried to incorporate a lot of hill work. Will do some calf/foot stretches to try and keep that in check.
Nearly set a 10k PB last week (albeit I'm fairly new to the running game so PB's are more obtainable). Was 9 seconds off it despite a stop for 19 seconds according to elapsed time on strava - to re-tie my shoes twice!
Main issue I have is I've no idea what my marathon pace should be. My 10k run is around 48:30 and I think a HM time of 1hr50 would be achievable (I'll find out this weekend)!
I know pacing is critical, but I find that when I go for an easy paced run I start to get a lot of pain so getting further down the road with some more pace might not be a bad thing at the marathon?! It's going to hurt regardless!