Agree totally with the advice but would say that things might not be any better in a years time. Whilst i love my daughter to pieces running has been totally screwed over by waves of illness and disturbed sleep from teething! Ive just had to accept that marathon PBs are off the cards for a few years. This year i wanted to hit a 3:30 at London but its looking distinctly like a 4-4:30 on the day. Ive been hit with waves of illness since my little one started at nursery- kids just pass aroiund everything!!

Anyway i hate to be pesimistic but chances are, if you do defer, you might not be in any better shape to hit a PB........I had to defer last year with achilles tendonitis and now am forced to run a time im not that happy with, but at the end of the day my little girl is far more important than any race, anywhere.......GOOD LUCK!

Hi,  I agree with Marge.  Are you training for this year's London marathon, if so I would try and defer for one year and do it next year.  The early days are the ones where each day brings something new, with lots of things you don't want to miss out on, not to mention lots of hard work, which is so exhausting.  It's hard even now for me to fit in my running some weeks, and I don't plan to try for a full marathon until next year.  It's obviously not impossible, as so many people must do it, but if you have the choice, do little runs when you can to keep your hand in or should that be foot?   Don't want to sound like I'm patronising, but just check that your partner is okay with the training schedule, if you are set on doing it, but look for the body language that may mean she's not alright with it, even though she says she is, and don't plan too far in advance.