Monday, September 5, 2011

First half marathon...

Saturday I ran my first ever Half marathon with my neighbor who has already run 3 half marathons and one full marathon....
She decided to do this Half to support me with my first one.
This is a photo of us before of the run...I was feeling calm, but took many trips to the toilet as we went to a party the night before, and although I went to bed early I think the foods had lots of salt on it so when I woke up I noticed in my face I was swollen from water retention and knew I would need the loo a lot more than normal.
I'm not going to bore you with the details of the race as I am doing that on my other private blog and online group.

The race started at 10.10am
It was hot and very humid
Did 5km in 27 mins
10km in 55 mins
Full half marathon in 2 hours and 5 mins.
I was glad with it was all over!!!!!!!!!!!
When I stopped running I noticed my one toe was sore, never felt it while I ran.
My right thigh was really sore, felt it start giving me trouble around 8km into the run, but tried not to give it much focus.
I had put Vaseline under my arm area, but having worn a jacket to the venue all the Vaseline was off and I never put the jar in my bag, so had two very very sore and chaffed under arms...


Will I run this distance again...
YES AND LOOKING FOR MY NEXT RUN.


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6 comments:

  1. FranSeptember 5, 2011 at 5:43 AM

    BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!

    ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC MARCELLE AND WHAT A TIME!

    VERY VERY WELL DONE, CONGRATS!

    (Now hopping over to your other blog for the details).

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  2. A Daft Scots LassSeptember 5, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Congratulations, Marcelle. Brilliant stuff!!

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  3. SylSeptember 5, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    I was just gonna ask you if this is something you would do again...and I got my answer ;-).
    Congrats again Marcelle!

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  4. CenandraSeptember 5, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    New you could do it! Way to go Marcelle!

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  5. FlorianaSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Fantastic! Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment, Marcy! Sorry about your toe, thigh and the under arms, but that will all go away soon and the memory of this will stay forever! You are an inspiration!

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  6. Melissa CunninghamSeptember 5, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    congrats on your first ever half marathon!!!!
    so glad you are willing to do it again!!!
    proud of you!
    *BIG hugs*

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