Wow what a weekend, I have had such an amazing time! We got to Newcastle late Saturday night and went straight to bed in anticipation of the next morning!
Sunday morning arrived and Gill and myself were surprisingly quiet on the drive to the start, but once we arrived with the other thousands of people all nerves disappeared! Everything went smoothly and we were in the starting positions and warmed up at 10am. We tried to look 'cool' and avoid the 'Mr motivator' starting warm up, but soon gave in to the cheesy tunes and jumped around like the rest of the crazy runners!!!
The run was brilliant, the first 7 to 8 miles flew by and we felt fab! The crowd were brilliant and being from 'the south' I found many of the cheers and banners hilarious, especially on a banner that read ' Ha way!! you're nearly there! ' Classic northern banter !
We struggled a bit on the 2 miles up to the 12 mile marker, but as soon as you could see the sea all the pain in the legs numbed and the excitement and realisation that we had made it began! My self and Gill finished in 2 Hours and 4 Minutes and 20 Seconds! Amazingly 20 minutes of Gill's previous years time and 11 Minutes of my time from a few years ago! We were exuberant!!
What an amazing run and what and amazing atmosphere, Thanks Kay for all the help in getting us to the race! And for the drinks on Sunday night!
2 comments:
Woo Hoo!!! We did it missus! I'm so proud of us for achieving such a great time and raising loads of money for our charity!
Thanks for being the best training partner I could ever have hoped for and for getting me through miles 10 to 12 on the day! I couldn't have done it without you.
Lots of Love, Gill x
You girls kicked ass! Well done on the double PB's! Glad you enjoyed the whole expereince, and don't think you are getting away with leaving it there!
We are definitely going to get your running for TLS again- and hitting new PB's!
Great to meet you- and great to celebrate on Sunday!
K
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