I have entered the Utrecht marathon on March 18th 2018. 2018 seems a long way away but it will come round quickly.
I am starting to feel back to normal again after the Yorkshire marathon. I was blown away by peoples generosity and I managed to raise £510, a massive thank you to everyone that donated.
My plan is to keep up my running but start marathon training proper in the new year. I am also contemplating documenting my training by putting videos on YouTube. I have a You Tube channel, which you can find by putting 'alphabetmarathons' into You Tube or by clicking on the photo of Jo and I at the Meon Plod on the right hand side of this blog.
Running 26 marathons one for each letter of the alphabet is the challenge, in Memory of my brother Ian pictured above. Who died after a three year fight with a brain tumour which is why I am raising money for thebraintumourcharity.org the challenge has been tough with injuries and having children,twin boys born August 2015 it has become an even bigger challenge than I first envisaged. If you would like to Donate please Click on link below Thank you for visiting my blog.
Friday, 20 October 2017
Monday, 9 October 2017
Yorkshire Marathon 2017
As post title suggests I have run my Y the Yorkshire Marathon in York on 8th October 2017. It is a fantastic marathon.
I found it very hard. I went with the 3:30 pacer who was actually running 3:24 pace so I did a 1:42 half which I would have been pleased with on its own but I had to run another half, I stuck with pacer till 15 miles but then fell away I had 10 miles to go and I was in all sorts of pain I told myself I can run 1 mile so I did then I did the same again 10 times at the finish i thought I had finished at 26 miles but I had 0.2 miles to go. I was very pleased with my finish time of 3:38
I really enjoyed the event and York is a great place to visit
Below is a video of me finishing I took the phone out as I thought I was finishing but I was actually at 26 miles so the video is longer than I first intended
I found it very hard. I went with the 3:30 pacer who was actually running 3:24 pace so I did a 1:42 half which I would have been pleased with on its own but I had to run another half, I stuck with pacer till 15 miles but then fell away I had 10 miles to go and I was in all sorts of pain I told myself I can run 1 mile so I did then I did the same again 10 times at the finish i thought I had finished at 26 miles but I had 0.2 miles to go. I was very pleased with my finish time of 3:38
I really enjoyed the event and York is a great place to visit
Me at the start and below trying to keep warm
Wayne the 3:30 pacer at the start, who actually ran 3:24 pace
Me at the finish with my medal, the finish is where the pain really starts
Below is a video of me finishing I took the phone out as I thought I was finishing but I was actually at 26 miles so the video is longer than I first intended
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