It’s still all rather surreal to be honest. I’ve got the aches and stiffness, I’ve got the blisters and I’ve got the shiny medal and finishers T-shirt but part of me still thinks it was all a dream. Getting to the start felt like it required military precision planning, but in reality was much easier than...
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If I had a pound for everyone who mentioned this to me on launch day yesterday I’d have been…well not rich, but certainly well enough off to order a takeaway tonight! No, I haven’t entered, and right now I have no intention of entering. I haven’t survived London yet, and if I’m honest, am still not...
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Yesterday lunchtime I almost gave up my place for this inaugural 5k race. I’ve had a virus for several weeks and not been running and every time I go out in the cold I start coughing. I sat back and thought about it quite a lot and decided that it wasn’t on my chest, it was only 5k and there would be fireworks so I...
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Having refused to take part in Race for Life due to the exorbitant entry fee, all of which goes to admin and not the charity, I was pleased to find a run I could enter with my nine year old. I should point out, perhaps, that my nine year old is not into running, and looks at me with a very odd look should I suggest she join me...
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What can I say, I’m writing this the day after my first attempt at a Half Marathon and I truly feel like I have been hit by a train. My hips are so sore and out of alignment that it’s not funny, and I am waddling around like a drunken cowboy who’s been in the saddle for weeks. But I don’t care cos I...
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For a race that I had been worrying about for some time, and nearly dropped out of on Friday, this went surprisingly well. The day dawned damp and misty and didn’t really improve on that, although I am told that it was considerably warmer than the same time last year. The event takes place in Dalby Forest and the...
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My first and only attempt at this was back in 2008 as a 7 mile race, it was my first attempt at the distance, and my run/walk earned me a finish time of 1:27:25 and a sore ankle from the rather large rubble on the airfield surface. This year it’s a 10k race (although Endomondo only clocked it as 6.07 miles but that could...
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I remember the tenth anniversary year, they had a band half way round the course, and by the time I got to that half way point the band packed up and went home. Now to me the whole point of these races is to celebrate those women at the back, the ones in the wheelchair or walking with the help of friends, the survivors. They...
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