a milestone :)

hi, as ive posted about before, ive started running, I started ummm about 5 months ago maybe a little longer by joining a gym because I had never exercised before in my life and reckoned it would help with bg, well it sure did and I found that my favourite thing was running on the treadmill (this maybe is old news if you have been subjected to my posting about it before sorry) well I started running on the road a few months ago, I started doing the parkruns which i love, well i have been doing 5k twice a week after work which is always hard but getting alot easier, doing the parkruns and then trying to go further on sundays, week before last 8 miles, last week 9 miles it was tough but I must be getting that chemical thing after the runs because I have found that I feel amazing afterwards, so im reading a running world website on wednesday and get the idea in my head that I can do a half marathon and decide im going to barns green this morning to have a go, this is ever so slighly INSANE as your supposed to do a training program for weeks to build up to it, everything I read that suggested I wasnt doing the right thing made this voice in my head shout out saying, dont let anyone tell you that you cant do something, and the more I read the more the voice shouted at me, so I figure do the half marathon or die trying, you get a medal for completing it I know this probly cost 50 pence but I never ever got a trophy for anything, in fact I never entered anything that gave out medals in my life so this has become an obsession for the last few days, im gonna get the dang medal if it kills me, i catch a cold on Thursday (first since dx) typical, am I gonna let that stop me? hell no, so I start doing a few things leading up to the race ive read about, making myself hydrated and eating in a certain way (minus the carb loading) and im into it, cant think of anything else, so I dont sleep last night worrying about it, get out of bed at 6 to find my nose dosent work, its completely stuffed up, I have a hot shower, start jumping around in the living room trying to workout if I need it (must have looked weird lol) but alas yes it seems its quite important so defeated, I decide not to go to the marathon very upset and annoyed with myself I decide to go to the park to see how bad I would have done, by mile three I felt terrific and was seriously regretting my decision not to go, I ran onto 9 miles which was my previous record and with burning calf muscles kept going, at ten miles i was going to do it, nothing on earth was going to stop me, i was finishing or being taken away in an ambulance, by mile 11 I could feel my body giving up the ghost, I was dragging my feet and doing everything I could to not trip over, by mile 12 I had pains in my legs, back and strangely stomach cramps, I didnt take water so that might explain the stomach cramps as I was very thirsty, somehow.....somehow, I managed 13.1 miles which was the distance of the half marathon I was going to enter it took me 2 hours 20 minues (no stopping), i had a private celebration throwing my arms up like i was running through the tape lol, i was way past caring what anyone who may have been looking at me thought, i didnt collapse or throw up, both of which were options, i just slowly walked or hobbled back to the car, my legs were lead, had a drink and drove home, fell out of the car and into the shower announcing my victory to the family who were thoroughly unimpressed lol i am now knackered, my legs are aching and my cold has decided to come back with a vengeance but i am elated, this means the world to me, i feel like rocky at the top of the steps, i didnt get my medal, no one who saw me running never knew what earth shattering event was taking place, if i never achieve anything ever again in my life i have this and no one can take it away,

im sorry this is long and i dont mind if no one reads it i just wanted to make it public record, my daughter always says once you put something on the internet it cant never be deleted, im not sure what this means exactly but here it is, it can never be deleted! i did it!

imagine how long the post will be when i do the full 26 miles :wink:

Thankyou so much mate

Thankyou Both

i have booked myself into a 10 mile race on the 20th oct so im going to train for that it sounds very hilly hehe cant wait

never done 10 mile so i reckon ill get a pb lol

Thankyou means alot that you read it

thankyou never expected so many folks to read this

thankyou



paul it would be great to get you out there with me, we could run along agreeing with eachother lol

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pheonix, i was looking at passed results and wondering where i would come in if at all, i reckoned 2 hr 40 which would have made me 1000th and something lol but it could be 20 hrs for the full marathon because each mile was getting slower