DFW running club mark 2!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

hypno06

I ache soooo much :rolleyes:

I need to be recovered for race for life on Sunday.......at the moment, I don't rate my chances :rotfl:

Hope the others aren't suffering too much!

Happy running/resting everyone!!

beer_tins

Well done everyone. You shouldn't be disappointed not to get your target time, hypno. Conditions were very tough yesterday. You can all be very proud of what you have achieved. Only a very small proportion of people ever finish a marathon.

Race entry for 2010 opens today, who's in?

beer_tins

hypno06 wrote: »

I ache soooo much :rolleyes:

I need to be recovered for race for life on Sunday.......at the moment, I don't rate my chances :rotfl:

Hope the others aren't suffering too much!

Happy running/resting everyone!!

You'll be ready and enjoying an amazing kickback from the marathon I think!

beer_tins

Also, how was the endorphin kick for everyone? Were the rhinos looking sexy by the end? :rotfl:

sallyx

Morning my fellow runners *crawls in on all 4's*

Well my god it was hot hot hot but very enjoyable all the same. Overall pleased with my 5:15.12 time considering I did stop and queue for the toilet twice :eek:.
So race and proceedings breakdown for those interested
Organisation - couldn't get any better really, all the stewards knew everything you needed to know, St John's ambulance truly did an AMAZING job for all the hundreds of walking wounded, sick, and seriously ill!
Medal - Well its shiny and its Mine
Goodie bag - lots in it and it weighed a bloody ton, haven't even looked in it apart from eating the mars bar at the end lying down in horseguards parade!

Start of race was very quick to get over the line which amazed me and TBH was ready to get going by this point.
First couple of miles flew by with the whole excitement, joined the other starts at mile 3 and suddenly it got very crowded. I found miles 4-9 dragged by but then saw my brother at mile 9 so that cheered me up and got me going again. Mile 10 needed the toilet so had to stop and queue for around 10 mins and at this point realised my knees where quite inflammed and stiff so did some nice stretches while I was waiting.
Mile 16 I seemed to loose the will to live with the realisation that there were still 10 miles to go :eek:. Oh running over tower bridge was amazing!
Mile 18 saw my little ray of sunshine shouting run mummy run and stopped to have a kiss to keep me going as she put it - bless. I then seemed to get a second wind and was flying along singing and happy as larry until miles 22 ish...
The home straight was easy psycologically but legs at this point really wanted to be at home having a nice bath! Coming up the mall to the finish was a memory to treasure and the greatest feeling knowing that all those months of training got me around

Sorry I didn't manage to catch up with anyone before or after the race but logistics was a nightmare.

Right bored you all now but if anyone has a spare wheelchair today please send it my way as I am a little stiff :rotfl:

Oh and the other highlight of the day.....using the female urinals with a shee pee :eek: the funniest experience I have ever had :rotfl:

sallyx

beer_tins wrote: »

Well done everyone. You shouldn't be disappointed not to get your target time, hypno. Conditions were very tough yesterday. You can all be very proud of what you have achieved. Only a very small proportion of people ever finish a marathon.

Race entry for 2010 opens today, who's in?

:rotfl::rotfl:you know what yesterday I said never never again but there is a small part of me that is tempted....I'll let you know later on

beer_tins

sallyx wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:you know what yesterday I said never never again but there is a small part of me that is tempted....I'll let you know later on

I expect everyone will say 'no' now. But it will be a different story in a few week's time!

spud30

Well done Sally :T

You've just GOT to explain !!!!!! a shee pee is

RichOneday_2

Becky would like to say that she is happy with the 4:31:06, especially because she didn't hit the wall.

As we all know the conditions were very hot so finishing was a major achievement. However, at the end Becky looked like she could do it again, and to be fair, almost did with the long detoured walk home.

And her first comment after finishing? "I must do more speedwork for the next one". Its supposed to be "Never again".:p

Wasnt able to post earlier due to alcoholic issues.:o:o


Great achievements from Sally, Hypno and Rusty - view those aches with pride.:D:D

Great running by Uk too - 1:45 is some achievement!

rustybucket

Wow! Too hot, pace suffered, 5:41 according to my watch, it would have been 5:30 but had trouble with left calf and St Johns had to help me out.

I'm, doing it again for sure, this have given me such a boost, lost weight, toned up, going to work on speed now so I can up my pace.

Well done all!