Time: 3:52GUTTED!Having written and chatted for nearly three months on the sub 3:45 thread a number of us managed to meet up pre-race (Ping Pong Boy, Save Ferris, Scotty, Sarah Gregory, Peter Bedwell & Ashley Smith among others) and because I wore a
enough!PB's5K - 23:0010K - 47:07Half-Marathon - 1:56Favourite Races... I think the Knacker Cracker has to be my favourite race, don't expect I'll ever be first lady or hold a course record again(lets not mention itwas the first time it was run
this year. That race was the moment it hit me how unfit I'd become, wheezing round a flat road course and unable to believe what my watch was telling me. On Sunday, I managed to pull the very same time out of the bag with 20+ tough miles already sitting
Year health kick. Congratulations! Running is one of the best ways of getting fit, becoming stronger and when combined with sensible nutrition is great for managing weight. It is relatively cheap in terms of equipment and once you have the kit
Time: 4:16What a brilliant day!Best moment was seeing familiar faces at mile 18 from the Runners World forum, and hubby Chris too!Worst time was from about 20-22 when I had to convince myself that I could really do it...took some doing, but I did
Time: 4:59My best moment was the crowd support. Even though the weather was dreadful,they were brilliant. I couldn't have managed the last 7 miles withouteveryone shouting my name. My second best moment would have to be getting a bigkiss on the head
All was going really well for a sub-4 hour target, until I needed to use some of my Lucozade Sport running gels, after then the stomach ache and tummy cramps set in, a very needed pit-stop to the toilet lost me vital time! 4.07 was my official time
Time: 3:53To give a little background, in October 2002 I was a lump of inactive lard, heading for 16 1/2 stone. I decided that at the age of 45 it was about time I reversed the trend of decades and got myself a bit into shape. I therefore went on a
and every competitor attaches once to the back of their backpack, so I could have kept going, but I was nervous about getting lost. Also, to be frank I was exhausted by 8pm and 49K. I didn't run at all yesterday, managing only a brisk march, but I
are obliged to do it. So if you still want to run, theres plenty you can do to get that drive back. You now have time to really explore your running environment something you might not have done in the past. Why not try some off-road running
