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Hi paul
hope your fine
we'll be cruising this hopefully
have we met ?.. or have i asked that before !
you have, and we have!
You at draycote?
Yes paul at Draycote our 27 th FM
sorry i asked again ... just don't know on forums
Lurkity lurk lurk lurk.......
dum-de-de deeeeee dum dum......
Today we headed for Wokingham HM, it was to be our 161 ST HM together,
The weather was just so perfect, little did i know just how perfect the day would end up being... we met friends, had lots of laughs with people,
I knew today we could NOT race as race, as we have Draycote FM of 5 laps next week, so we set about hoping for anywhere around 2 hours or just under...
things started off just nice and quiet, could'nt move for 2 miles or so, which completely suited me, but i was to find gaps and soon get into my grove, and find what i am good at and enjoy doing.. i felt so happy, i felt free
it was very short lived though sadly, before we knew it we were through half way, never really noticing anything pace or distance wise, it was another day were we could have gone on and conquered 20 miles
trying to support fellow runners etc
i knew in our early days together we were clocking for HM's 1.43 onwards, but i really thought that that had gone now, what with Phillip being 6 years older and heavier, and of course me being an old git now
so, we smelt the finish in the distance, we pushed on remembering every time we picked up pace we had a FM next week, so i held back best i could
we eventually crossed the line on our watch at around 1 hour 48 mins , i knew we crossed the start line on about 4 plus mins, and the finish clock was on 1.52 , so yes
i felt so good, so really good, could'nt quite believe what i'd done
We went back to about 2 mile mark ish, cheering runners in, it was good to help others,
it's left me feeling just on top of the world again
So, i ain't finished yet !!!
There'll be more of Mick n Phil to come i reckon
Lurkity lurk!
I spied that the website even boasted of some CLOSED roads. NICE!
There's none to make
What's your credit card number, and I'll make sure that you're in?
Do you want my pin number too?!
Quandary is do I want to do a mara a few days before flying to the States for my first o'seas mara?!
Oh and it's only a couple of weeks after an ultra!
T, you and Hippo have already got me into enough trouble!!!
Hi Nick
we are about to launch our brand new website, just days away
Would really like to enter this but a bit worried about the bit that says "course support for 5 hours". I need at least 5.30 for a marathon! Does anyone know if this is a problem or do they provide an early start? I'm sure on a previous year it was a 6 hour course.
Hi all,
I don't know what's come over me as I always said I wasn't bothered about doing a marathon, my goal since starting to run (June 2007) has been to do a half. I have signed up for the White Horse half in April and hope to do another local half in July.
After signing up to the Fetch website and reading everyone's blogs, race reports etc I feel the urge to do a marathon - aghhh what's happening to me, I really have caught the running bug!!
Mind you, my training is going well and I feel so much fitter and stronger now I have run 10 miles before and found it easy so I suppose it's just a confidence thing.
I'm tempted to just sign up and not think about it anymore before I change my mind again.
Jo-bee
wishing you well .. we'll all be behind you spurring you on.. well not literally
but try and remember, there's a world of difference between 10 -13 miles and a marathon, we all had to get there
and yes, you like us have got the bug .. GOOD ON YOU
ENJOY
Hi MicknPhil,
Nice to talk to you again. I know it's a big difference between a half and a marathon but my thinking is that if I just go for it and sign up there's no turning back and I will be even more focused and probably train harder - that's what I was thinking anyway.
What do you reckon?
Yes definetly go for it, i never said don't
all i said is be prepared
or i'll set Aunty Kazza on you !
Jo Bee
wishing you and hubby the very best of luck now
Take good care
mick n phil