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indesisiv

MallyGirl wrote: »

It was our local half marathon yesterday - I really felt for them in the howling gale we had going.

The half is a circular route so at least they had the wind behind them and the sides at some point.

We sadly ran straight into it all the way. Luckily / unluckily my mate was mildly injured so I kept having to slow down to let him keep up so it was a slow run.

MallyGirl wrote: »

DH just turns into Tigger and bounces on the spot waiting for me.

I used to do this until I realised how much energy it uses, now I just gentle ease back the pace to let people keep up.

kerri_gt

MallyGirl wrote: »

yes - Reading.

DH just turns into Tigger and bounces on the spot waiting for me. He paid for it for the rest of the day though, and was still moaning this morning. It was probably the furthest he has ever run. TBH the same is probably true of me but I have built up to this rather than just going out from scratch.

indesisiv wrote: »

The half is a circular route so at least they had the wind behind them and the sides at some point.

Yup, I can confirm it was windy running it - though there were only a few bits I really noticed it tough going thank goodness. Being surrounded by other people probably helped with a bit of a barrier. Couldn't deff done with it behind us for the last couple of miles down the A33 though

MallyGirl

well done both of you. Reading has sent me an early bird entry for next year - no idea how I ended up on that list!!!

I will start with a 10k - I just can't make any plans for a particular one at the moment but if I can do 7k then I can do 10k.

indesisiv

MallyGirl wrote: »

well done both of you. Reading has sent me an early bird entry for next year - no idea how I ended up on that list!!!

I get loads of things like that now, from doing similar races. Its really hard to not enter races when they keep waving them at you.

kerri_gt

I've just got an email for a Reading Ultra :eek::eek: errr...never ever ever..... i broke into a cold sweat finishing yesterday thinking I'd only be 1/2 way in a full marathon.

indesisiv

kerri_gt wrote: »

I've just got an email for a Reading Ultra :eek::eek: errr...never ever ever..... i broke into a cold sweat finishing yesterday thinking I'd only be 1/2 way in a full marathon.

haha well that has got me looking forward to my first marathon in June lol :beer: :rotfl::T

kerri_gt

indesisiv wrote: »

haha well that has got me looking forward to my first marathon in June lol :beer: :rotfl::T

whoops, sorry I am sure you'll do amazing (hey, in my book doing it full stop is amazing)

It's like anything, all about the training and putting in the miles beforehand, a few years back I couldn't run a mile so entering a half marathon would have been bonkers, so I trained and now whilst still bonkers, it's a little more achievable but my training isn't what I'd need to do a full one.

Hats off to you :beer:

indesisiv

kerri_gt wrote: »

whoops, sorry I am sure you'll do amazing (hey, in my book doing it full stop is amazing)

:rotfl: I'm sure it is going to be fine. I am back to full training of around 50 miles a week and have now run nearly 20 miles (Albeit not quickly but there were a few big hills in that run).

Yeah like you the thought of doing a marathon when I started running a year and a half ago was :eek::eek:
I'm still not sure that I would be able to run a road marathon though, I much prefer to have terrain difference which changes your stride and give your legs a break. I'm hoping that the marathon goes well as I have 35 miles to do in August :rotfl:

indesisiv

Something clicked for me this week. I managed to take 26 secs off my 5k PB in one fell swoop and bring it down to under 19:30
Happy bunny here.

MallyGirl

congratulations.

I managed a couple of short but hard (for me) runs this week - I was staying in Dorset and it was very hilly! My specs seem to stay on OK so I will try and do a few more in the next 10 days before I have to take a break for an eye op.