Running, running and more running. Week in, week out. 5x per week running. The program that I was following was advised to by my running friend Alethea, see
http://www.halhigdon.com/ . I started a bit late training so I had to cut off 3-4 weeks in the start so I literally hit the ground running. Wore out a pair trainers while training and managed to get a pair of new ones some weeks before the marathon day.
On the finishing