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Newbieabbey- welcome to the madhouse and congratulations on not only completing the GNR but also for coming out of the closet!
Fantastic newbieabbey. Bloody well done!
Oh yes Vixx76 my medal hasnt left my side... the furthest ive got is my living room as i'm so sore but thats besides the point
Haha Old Shadowfax no more hiding for me!
Forgot to say it in my last post ...so... Well done everyone!
Thank you!
newbieabbey - what a lovely post. Welcome to the thread and well done for yesterday! It doesn't matter what pace you have, just that you go out there and do it.
I didn't get home tonight until 9.45pm - had to make my own way home too, as OH watching the football and wouldn't pick me up
. Have really struggled today - as well as being shattered and hungover, I've been in quite a bit of pain due to the swelling and bruising where I fell on my side yesterday. I now have the most humungous black and blue bruise on my left thigh and even sitting is proving difficult as I can't bear even the slightest pressure on it.
I doubt very much that I'll be going out for my planned little recovery run tomorrow.
Muckers Fuddle - Happy birthday
. 10 min miling is not plodding. That's really good steady running at a decent pace. Thanks for the intro and enjoy the thread. We tend to have a bit of fun as well as (hopefully) giving some serious sound advice and share our experiences.
We even talk about running sometimes
Newbieabbey - another really well done from me
Shielsy, youch! I have to say you do like to do it in style - no half measures.
Thank you Shielsy & RLTW!
Must say Shielsy dont know how that iggnorant person even managed to listen to his music (obviously very loud as he was oblivious) ... i had full intentions of having my songs on to keep me going but found the atmosphere and crowd were much more motivational. I'm glad i soaked it all in instead of getting lost with my ipod! .. But maybe thats just me!
To be fair, on my first GNR I took my ipod with me, but I wasn't aware then of how big the event was going to be - how many bands there'd be, how much cheering etc. I soon cottoned on though, and just took my earbuds out and soaked up the atmosphere.
I love to train with my music, but I would never race with an ipod (and usually it's not allowed anyway) as you need to keep aware of what's happening around you.
Huge welcomes to newbieabbey and Muckers Fuddle too. And Happy Birthday to MF for yesterday
Massive congratulations to you both. I hope you stick around for the next 12 months..
By the way, I usually find that 36 hours or so after the event is the worst for stiffness etc, so tady may be even tougher for some. Should start to ease off noticeably by tomorrow though.
Annoying calves as been ok through training but I've been told that almost certainly my lack of running due to cold in previous 10days & body nicking my energy stores to fight it contributed to this so hey-ho I did my best & happy that I had mental strength to rescue 2:09 considering how far out the problem kicked in. Again huge thanks to Shielsy/Stringy/Mandie/Shrek/Mr SJ, lovely to meet such friendly people at the start. Not good to hear of your fall Shielsy, one chap went flying on the last mile trying to cut across, that looked painful.
After a 5 hr drive back to Suffolk I am exhausted but my wife/daughter loved it even in the rain & pleased I am a member so can relax knowing I'll be there next year, even though right now I am so stiff it's ridiculous..
Well done to everyone, the race is an amazing event
Just checked my photo's and I look VERY relieved to have finished!
Wonderful post from newbieabbey - I'm a big softie and I may have just shed a small tear reading that. Although some of the reason for the tears is the fact that I still can't walk properly today
. Bloody ITBS, grrrrrrr.
Thats fantastic newbieabbey. Well done.
Any news yet mr sj.
I hope the bruising is better today Sheilsy.
Liz
Good luck with the interview mr sj.
Hope your leg is not too sore today Sheilsy,lovely to see a friendly face in the pub,made the wait for my friend fly over,especially with the insinuations,accusations and insults over your time,well done again.
Moving reports and experiences already,well done to you all.
Morning
Welcome to Newbieabbey - I hope the legs feel a little easier today.
Muckers - hello. You'll get to know us soon enough. Lots of useless info available and usually info about other stuff happening in the North East. Are you a parkrunner? Several of us do these around here as well.
Shielsy - ouch! That was a long day. Thankfully I only did 8:30 to 6:00 and by the time I got to the metro it was quite quiet so I got a seat. Marvellous
Well done to everyone who finished/got a PB.
Ouchy
It's probably easiser to list which parts of me DON'T hurt today
Newbieabbey, your post is the kind of thing that makes the GNR, be very proud of your achievement and I echo what you say, this thread helped me so much in my first ever half-marathon last year, the support from people is amazing and helps all those hourts of training. You did it, well done...
Newbieabbey - welcome to the thread, yours is a truly lovely story and its great that you have finally joined us - hope you stick around and post lots more.
Happy birthday for yesterday, Muckers Fuddle!
Hope everyone is feeling ok today - my legs are still a little tight but not too bad really.
Still no race report from me, just not had a lot of time as yet, but the short version is, I'm likening my race with childbirth.......bloody hard work, a lot of huffing and puffing and all the pain forgotten now that its all over !!
Off to have a look for my photos, if there are any. I knew where all the cameras were but seemed to have really tall people in front of me waving their hands in the air at each one so doubt I'll find any!
Newbieabbey - welcome to the thread and massive well done !!
Some decent photos of me from sunday, even one as im crossing the line stopping my garmin and i have what looks very much like a smile !
Oh and by the way........................I GOT A JOB !!!!!!!
Totally over the moon, perfect hours and perfect job for me at a lovely school, cant even put into words how happy i am about it, been a long long time since ive earnt a salary and cant wait to start !
Re photos....just as I thought - not a single one of me....not even so much as an arm on the edge of the two of Steve either!!!
Mr SJ, that's fantastic. Well done
Great stuff mr sj. Really pleased for you.
Note to self: when doing Mobot on the finish line, time it so that when the photographer snaps you, you're not doing this: http://www.marathon-photos.com/scripts/photo.py?event=Sports/GRUK/2012/Bupa%20Great%20North%20Run&photo=AAAI1510&match=17688
Anybody got a worse one than that?
Mandie, I found some pics of me by using the find more photos button, you only get the one's at the finish but it does work...
Fantastic news Mr SJ!
Funnily enough there are no photos of me. I can't imagine why not...
P.S. Just to confirm that the awful photo I linked to is of me, so I am entitled to be harsh!