I won the lottery

The London marathon lottery that is.
While recent training was going reasonably well, I was pushing for a sub 3 marathon pace, a weeks holidays and life, meant I didn't get some solid consistent training in, so I decided last week not to do this years Dublin marathon.
Once the decision was made, it was a big weight of the mind. I was putting myself under too much pressure with work, family and training, and while it was going 'ok', ok is not good enough.
I skipped the long run last weekend, and ran the club cross country instead. I had no expectations going in, and it was a strong field, with juniors, seniors and masters all in one 6k race. I finished half way down the field, which was enough to pick up 3rd in category and a small cash prize.
So this evening, sitting at home, and an email came through confirming my success in obtaining a place in the 2015  London marathon. I first thought it was spam, but I confirmed it with a club mate who got a place last year, and it's true.
So, April is not a great month for a marathon, training through the winter, but I am sitting here itching to get the runners on and go out in the rain to start training.
I am starting from a good base, 1:25 for a half, 37.59 for 10k, 29.30 for 5 miles, and I have done about 75% of the training required for an October marathon at sub 3 pace. It shouldn't take too much to ramp it up in December, and the idea of running London is some motivation.
Watch this space!