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!!!
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!!!!!
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!!!
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
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...
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 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.
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
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
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 . .
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!!!