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| Posted: 23/04/13 13:02:00 00 |
hey wiggly....dont know if you will come onthis thread.....but if you do, I was wondering how you got on Sunday!!????..... |
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| melaniejayne |
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| Posted: 13/04/13 19:58:40 40 |
I dragged myself away from the sun for half an hour to touch base!!!!.... All your kind words have left me a little tearful in the hotel lobby!!!.... I guess I have the time now to reflect on the last 6 months and how it could have gone..... I guess its just hit me how much Runners world really took a gamble on me , as I was such an "unknown"....... Thank goodness I didn't let then down!!!!.....
Yes Sam most certainly I will keep in touch..... It would be an absolute pleasure!!!!....Let me know of any races near you that you are doing..... I would love to join you and your running group......!!
Have to confess I have been out in the mornings since thursday just for a 2 mile jog.....couldn't quite leave it a whole week..... But taking it really gentle!!!!...
Thank you Ruth for being so lovely..... And let me know when you have the next addition to your family!!!!!..... I'm a sucker for good news!!!!!....... X
And Sarah physio..... Thank you also for being so lovely!!!!.... Whenever I watch silent witness I think of you!!!!!......and of course when I'm using my foam roller!!!!
Sarah 6..... Well done!!!!!.... That was fabbbbb!!!!!!..... I'm so pleased I could drag someone through a tough time..... Funny what resources we use!!!!....
And a massive good luck to all the lovely arunners...... And everyone else running brighton tomorrow.....!!!!!.... You know I would be there if I could..... But that pesky sun bed just won't let me!!!!....
The beer is calling.... I have been upright for far too long!!!!!... | |
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| Posted: 09/04/13 22:15:13 13 |
I am just packing to bask in the Moroccan sunshine for a week.....I figured I needed something nice to follow all this training or I could feel a bit flat after..... . But I just want to say a huge thank you to ALL the runners world team for all the support and an amazing experience in Paris this weekend......you all work like superstars!!!!.....Im sorry Sarah and Ruth wernt there to join us.....as they have been amazing too!!!!!......I wonder if Ruth would have scowled at our post race beer????...... .....but especially to Sam for having soooooo much faith and belief in me, when ever I doubted myself, Sam always had a quiet confidence that I could do it, but never pushed me, just waited until I believed it myself.....that is a gift Sam, to allow someone to believe in themselves again.....so thank you so so much...........Im feeling choaked up again....so off to pack my flip flops...... | |
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| melaniejayne |
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| Posted: 09/04/13 19:20:49 49 |
It was really interesting looking back on the lap times on my garmin as to my pacing...... Some of you may find it interesting if you have a pending marathon!!! my pacing was slightly out at the begining which must have had a direct result on the second half of the run.....please dont get me wrong I am certinly not being self critical as I would not change one second of my experience, but from a learning point of view to take forward....my pacing should have been 9.50 give or take a few seconds either side......So even with Sam in my ear, and all her advice, I still went out too fast...... lap 1 - 9.39 lap 2 - 9.39 lap 3 - 9.32 lap 4 - 9.31 lap 5 - 9.56 lap 6 - 9.32 lap 7 - 10.10 - wee stop lap 8 - 9.47 lap 9 - 9.54 lap 10 - 9.48 lap 11- 9.34 lap 12 - 9.49 lap 13 -9.33 lap 14 -10.01 lap 15 -9.53 lap 16 -9.50 lap 17 -10.31 - fatigue set in lap 18 -10.24 lap 19 - 10.29 lap 20 - 10.19 lap 21 -10.01 lap 22 - 10.25 lap 23 - 10.02 lap 24 -9.42 - realised the end was coming soon!!! lap 25 - 9.40 lap 26 - 9.54 Funny how Sam ALWAYS gets it right!!!!.....She must know what shes doing!!!! ......x | |
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| melaniejayne |
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| Posted: 09/04/13 19:07:05 05 |
Then once 20 miles was over….I was on the home straight!!!!.....It felt ok…..hard!!...but ok….I knew then I was really going to do this…..I had no doubt that I was going to finish….. The miles seemed to go on forever…..mile 23 – 24…..I felt like I was running for years!!!!.....then miles 24 – 25…..I was still running for years….I never thought it was going to end……I was singing Nemo in my head…..’just keep swimming, just keep swimming!!....’ Martin always used to say it when we were doing tough things together…..funny what pops into your head!!!..... All the support of my girls and my lovely family, all the running world guys, and all the forum followers got me though the really tough bits…..I didn’t want to let anyone down, especially myself!!! Then once I hit 25 miles…..that was it…..go girl!!!!....the end was so close…..then there it was….the crowds were huge…..I could hear the shouting and the screaming…..all I could focus on was the finish and getting over it!!!!!!.....what an amazing feeling……running towards the finish line….I could here the Runners World team shouting at me….. YEHHHHHHHH…..I did it….I actually did it!!!!.....Me……I ran a marathon….little old Mel from Arundel…..How did that happen????? | |
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