Right, Freckleton is a lovely friendly half marathon race (apparantly the oldest in the country) the guy who holds the course record, run in 1965 of 64 minutes was running it for the last time, over 900 runners...lost of very fit people. No one was wearing lime green lycra....last week in liverpool for very different reason, saw female jogger in lime green lycra who made Fergie of black eye pea fame look continent from the back. Not a lot of wobbly bottems..just lost of fit and friendly people
BUT something horrid happened for me. Dont know whether it was the 2 pm start and the 3 hour drive to get there ..up until 9 miles i was on course for pb...the people i was with were aiming for 1 55 ...then i hit some sort of wierd wall...ended up running and walking the last 4 miles which i never done ! usual preperation, but didnt eat anything (as usual) before the race, but maybe much later start had an impact, or maybe i am just running out of steam. Suddenly next years plan of running a marathon seems impossible. My half marathon times have got worse each race, 1 59, 2 hours for leeds and then this was 2 hours and 6 mintues !!! came in 413 of 900 and in the bottom half of my catagory...which hasnt happened either.
Ran the distance last sunday with no problems , had 2 small runs in the week and went to gym last night so ???????
Feeling bit fed up, but at least i finished, the temptation to stop was pretty strong about 11 miles..maybe just missing company as very different to woodhall
Anyway..have a break now (holiday) only 1 race in july and then 2 in August, then finished >>>my PB for 10k is getting better each race though AND thats not what its about..its doing them thats important
feeling stiff in bits i didnt know i had and fed up ....but sure a week in the sunshine will cure all
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great report --- thanks, Steph!
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