Sunday 30 September 2007

Great North run

That's it, my arse is not moving off this couch for the rest of the night. I've my feet up on the foot stool, a belly full of roast beef, and an open can of Stella Artois to soothe me. The feet aren't so bad either after the half marathon. No blisters or chaffs, just a dull throbbing that goes up to my knee caps.

I would have smashed my target time of 1:45 - 1:50 if it wasn't for my wobbly 9th mile. For some unfathomable reason my legs just stopped working. I could have no more ran than licked my elbow. So I walked for about half a mile until the blood seeped back into my quads.

I never regained my previous pace, though managed to run the rest of the way at about 9:30 minute miles, which brought me in just under 1:55. Not bad.

Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some slobbing to do.






7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Congrats to you! Well done!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! You deserve a little down time, I'd say.

jamon said...

Thanks guys!

Stew said...

Nice one. I never did the Great North Run coz it was:
a. Up North
b. Too many people
c. Too far. I never liked 10 milers, I can't "feel" the end of the race like I can on a 10k

Have a beer. get those feet up.

jamon said...

Yeah - it was packed - the first 4 miles I was dodging the anoying bastards who push to the front, only to walk the first five miles. Grr.

And I'll have you you know, it was 13.1 miles ;). I felt the end of the race coming from miles back!

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