Sunday, 24 February 2013

Brighton Half Marathon 17th Feb 2013

Did it! 
2:39:26 - knees were struggling by the end though...

  • 6mile - felt fabulous, chatting with Bernie and Sarah, feeling all cocky and confident.
  • 10k - fine
  • 8mile - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek, not feeling good at all - been running for 90 mins
  • 9mile - little knee wobble, start of a lot of walking
  • 10mile - quicker than the Great South Run - under 2 hours but hurting
  • 11.5mile - OMG - if ever an athlete was in need of the support from her support team, it was yours truly.  Luckily for me i had my team of Cliff, Clare, Elizabeth, Karen, Toby, Rufus and Esme whooping and hollaring. They gave me the strength to carry on... (i feel like i may have nicked that phrase from a song...)
  • From 800m we had a countdown 700m to go, 600m, 500m, 400m, 300m - in the home straight, can see the finish line, bit tearful, lots of pumping of clenched fist while squawking "i've done a half marathon" to anyone & everyone in the crowd. 
  • FINISHED!
foil blanket, pics taken, crisps and mars bar scoffed.

Hoorah. My 2013 season has officially begun. 


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