So Sunday 30th May 2010 marks the date that I actually ran a half marathon. The journey has been long...have been training for months and was definately unsure if I could complete it before the race however I made the dream happen! lol.
quick story of the day...Joanna and I arrived at the start at 8am and started running (obviously). Joanna decided we would count all the little 'miracles' of the race so we did, the first was that it wasn't raining. The second was the water at 5km. The 1km marks were a killer, I was pretty tired after 8km so knowing I had another 13 to go was not a great thought and I could also feel a blister forming, bad times! At 11km a few friends were on the sidelines cheering us on and that was fabulous and also a little booster (our third little miracle). The sun now came out so that was our forth little miracle and helped us to smile through the pain. The next 1o km were a blur of 'you can do this' talking to myself, numb legs, 2 quick stretch breaks and a gatorade stop (miracle 5). At 18 km Joanna and I showed our joy with a 'woop' and high five, some guys tried to tell us it was only 2km left...outrageous! 2km later, we obviously still had 1km left...grrr. Ran through the pain and made it through the finish line 2.11 hours later (miracle 6)...very happy! Received the goodies and medal, examined my blister and went for a well deserved beer and lunch.
Fun times...hmmm...the dream continues with a full 42km marathon in October, hopefully!! Maybe not!
love ya all x
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