[EmmaC]

Hey all...just wanted to thank you once again for your support in my transformation from non runner to half marathoner....I finally completed Reading in 1.51.

I feel that it is thanks to you guys that I got there!

Did I enjoy it....hell yeah...will I do another...hell yeah and 10 mins quicker!!!

thanks for the support!!!

 

[Steady Edwina]

Well done Em excellent time especially for your first HM.

 

[EmmaC]

Hey Rob...well done, what time did you do?

Yeah it taught me a lot, about running my own race etc.....but the two really inportant lessons that I learnt.....

1. Don't run behind tall men...there elbows really hurt when they hit you on the nose
2. If you have crowned teeth.....do not....ever....secure your post race space blanket with them!!!!!

 

[Bagpuss]

Well Done Emma, good time as well, gives me inspiration to 'up' my trainning!

What happened to the crowns and cape? or shouldn't we ask?

 

[EmmaC]

ok.....you know what it feels like to get a little of the foil off your kitkat in your mouth..........multiply it by 50.....i could feel it in my temples!!!!! The burning in my lungs was nothing!!!

 

[Trinity]

ok.....you know what it feels like to get a little of the foil off your kitkat in your mouth..........multiply it by 50.....i could feel it in my temples!!!!! The burning in my lungs was nothing!!!

Hey Emma... Richk and I were supporting at Reading and Rich took about 250 photos. He has a website full of race photos at www.richk.co.uk and if you contact him (he posts on this forum too) he'll see if he has a pic of you at your 1st half marathon

 

[Dave]

1:51 far too quick. Slow down please, your making me feel bad..............

Seriously Emma thats fantastic.

I just hope you ached more than I did after my 1:56 in the Brentwood 1/2 on Sunday.

 

[Granty]

Well done Emma - top time. are you feeling it now ?

 

[twinkle toes]

Fantastic time well done, when are you planning your next 1/2?

 

[GoSlow]

Have only just joined this forum Emma, so don't know how you started off running etc but well done on completing your first 1/2M in what sounds like an amazing time!

Very inspiring to us that are just starting out...

 

[Steady Edwina]

I had a massage yesterday to help with my post race recovery. She had to ultrasound my back as it was really tight on the left side - reckoned I must have been pumping my arms extra hard but I do use them to drag me up hills.

 

[hot foot]

Well done Emma.A fantastic effort with a great time.Keep up the good work.

 

[hot foot]

I had a massage yesterday to help with my post race recovery. She had to ultrasound my back as it was really tight on the left side - reckoned I must have been pumping my arms extra hard but I do use them to drag me up hills.

I hope your well on the way to being fully recovered SE.It was a grand effort last weekend.I will have to try a post race massage myself one day.

 

[Steady Edwina]

I love your current avatar HF - the cutest yet.

 

[hot foot]

I love your current avatar HF - the cutest yet.

Thanks.I think I was just about at "teething age" when it was taken.

 

[Dan_R]

Great time for your first HM Emma, well done.

 

[graeme]

Well done Emma.

I hope I can manage a time like that if I ever make it up to half-marathon distance!

 

[Karen]

Running in a kind of controlled environment like that with other runners was a real eye-opener and made me think hard about how to use my training time in the future, and a fantastic experience. :d

Well done, Emma and Rob, great times for both of you.

Rob - I'm interested to know what you meant by thinking hard about how to use your training time? What changes are you making?

 

[RichK]

Hey Emma... Richk and I were supporting at Reading and Rich took about 250 photos. He has a website full of race photos at www.richk.co.uk and if you contact him (he posts on this forum too) he'll see if he has a pic of you at your 1st half marathon

Hi Emma . . well done on Sunday . . and you too, Rob . .

In fact I took over 700 photos at Reading :huh:

I've posted half of them so far, and you'll find them at www.richk.co.uk/Reading07/Reading07.htm

I'll post the rest of them next week . . have a look and see if you're amongst them . . you're welcome to have the original file if you are, so you can print a copy . .

 

[firsttimer]

well done Emma what a great time. How long have you been running to get this good!!