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lol yes I noticed that one.
I look like I'm hating every second of it, I look so miserable. My advice to any other first timers would be to smile every now and again
. My OH has these grand plans to frame some of them and put them somewhere for everyone to see - bless him but that won't be happening !
Enjoy your pizza B&T, I had a chinese last night - yum.
I'm the exact opposite - in every picture so far, I'm grinning like a delirious cheshire cat!! It can definitely work the other way.
By the way, Rebecca, you mentioned getting a club place next year. How do you do that? Do you just apply through your running club, do you have to race for it?
@Pip - for some reason on one of my pictures I've turned into a man at the Dallas Rock and Roll marathon
Don't get me wrong... I wouldn't mind looking like him 
I thought that I smiled really nicely at my finisher photo but instead I just look really tired and I swear you can see the tears!
I've just been looking at my photos and then looking up people/numbers that were on mine to see how far they finished ahead of me. Strangely, I have found a guy running under a number that more than one person was using.
Also yesterday doing a similar thing watching the bbc marathon coverage I thought I'd look up people that were interviewed ... it turns out "wally" (as in wheres wally) who was interviewed and was a bloke (I think!) and was doing his 13th mara, actually had two girls first names, so number transferring certainly goes on!!!
My finish photos look like I'm kind of enjoying myself (!!) in a manic way. Possibly due to the man calling my name over the tannoy!
The best ones are definitely with the kilted wonder, Emma McGlynn, at the start. We got so many cheers thanks to that skirt!
I'm a mess this week, stairs still beating me and am stupidly tired, new long commute is not helping. Going to take this week off completely and start again Monday.
Glad I'm not the only one thinking about another one!! I swore never again at finish line, think i may have asked one of my friends to slap me if I ever entered another. Just need to decide on where now Edinburgh, Brighton and Stratford are the contenders.
Just looked at photos I'm either walking or taking micro steps in all of them. Was 3282 if anyone wants to stalk
Entered Cardiff half for a autumn goal and have just been invited to a wedding the day before so not going to be a pb attempt then
Len - will have a nose at the Nottingham half may be a good alternative for me
whoooop - going to look your beautiful faces up on now - yay!
My number is 38591. Some classic ones. Sadly, most walking
But the 'smile' on my face was there from mile 17 to mile 26 - i know. My friends and family have all taken the same photos and my facebook photo is one of me running, crying, face screwed up but still waving to my supporters! Brilliant.
Lets please all meet up and do a race together. YAY! There must be somewhere in the middle of most of us????
b&t = there is a half on 11th August not too far from you - moreton morrell or something like that......
Right - off to stalk!
little miss calamity .......see you in Cardiff
kaff where the heck is moreton morrell
I think everyone looks great in their photos! Thanks go to Soggs or I'd never have figured out how to stalk you all
Absolutely screaming to do another race this year... rather specifically, this one... but on top of the £60 fee you need to raise £750 for charity, and after everyone was so generous with my fundraising for the VLM, I really couldn't ask again
I'm 53524.
Weird how some of us get loads and others far less.
Pip – yay! Soooooo nice to put a face to your name! Love your photos. And that you have so many looks (and genders) that you are rocking out!
B&t – awww, you had B&T on your top! You look very happy at the start. And some man has forged your race number – naughty!
Soggs – LOVE your trainers. I think you win the best trainers award. (what are they?)
Rebecca – you look deep in concentration in your photos and sooo happy in your finishers ones!
Little-by-little – awww, you DO look so happy and excited in the photos – brilliant!
LMC – you look very focused in them all and looking way into the distance!
Emma – you look very happy with LBL too!!
RRR – you look just as fresh faced in the start as you did at the end!
Vickster - wow - you win the most photos award! And the punching the air the most times award !
fizzipop- what's your race number? Haven't found it in the thread....
Some brilliant photos ....... I HATE MINE !!!! I look so serious and I am not like that at all, I want to know what happened to the other photos, evertime I saw a camera I was doing these wild jazz hand waves waving my ribbon and ....................................nothing
where are they !!
Kaff yes very smiley you see you looked like you were enjoying the whole experience ... whereas I didn't I think I am going to have to tell everyone that none of the photos came out
and who the heck are those men ???
I am going to have to do some serious stalking [ nothing odd] tonight but will have to make notes as to who is who .....
WARWICKSHIRE ?????? I suppose its not as far as London
I'm 1902 ( surname jones if needed)
Will write down your numbers now for a browse
How's everyone feeling today?
Managed get out bed unaided and came down stairs today yaaayyyy!
siony - whooop!
I went for a swim yesterday. The only things that are sore are: my right glute and my deformed, manky, blistery toe. Interestingly, my lower legs where I did all my strengthening training becuase of my injury are fine - and were fine in the race, and now not stiff, don't seem tired and seem completely fine. It's my upper legs that seem to have the muscles removed from them.
West bromton ........blimey you have loads of photos !!!!!
I am not too bad today just my knee still a bit sore now and again
I want to know what's happened to the photo that I had taken at the end with my medal, and there is a photo of three runners none of them me ????
also thinking now I really should have got my hair cut, it looks awful
If I am not on the forum much tonight, it is because I wore my number too high up and it was obscured by my arms so ALL my race photos are in the unidentified section and there are over 12000 to look through. Bollocks!
Fab photos! kaffeeg - you do look like you're about to cry in som eof them, but great smile at the end.
Vickster - great 'arms in the air' waving - were they sore on Monday
siony - great pictures - you look really speedy in all of them, and as cool as a cucumber at the end
westbrompton - well you look like you're really focussed on your photos - but what a great smile at the end.
Off to look through the unidentified photos. I may be some time ....
there are more and more being added!
I just got another one added of me, right at the end whooping with my arm in the air. Classic! Going to buy it I think - you can get 9 postcards printed, and going to send them to my friends and family saying thanks for their support.
Ohhhhh, it is all a laugh isn't it. The pain and fatigue of sunday has completely been wiped out of my mind now!
(b&t - let me know when you're booking Brighton and I'll book too! - and anyone else - Rebecca?? Pip - it's not THAT much further away.........)
b&t erm, I think i *might* have been crying!! Or at least in pain!
Where are the unidentifable photos??
Pip - hehe! There's GOT to be one of you throwing your arms in the air!