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8 May 2016 16:54
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11 Aug 2016 09:15
well that went terribly…
should really have given this a miss as I had some kind of food poisoning/stomach bug from thurs evening to saturday afternoon - lost almost 6lbs in water weight and was so tired yesterday that it was a struggle just to walk upstairs
began to feel better yesterday evening and, in a moment of post-sickness euphoria, stupidly decided to run today thinking that I could just tough it out…
big mistake. the heat today was brutal and I was still really dehydrated and nowhere near recovered enough. only managed two miles at race pace (7:20) then felt like I was going to collapse from exhaustion. have never wanted to drop out of a race so badly.
ended up having to stop and walk in places and finished in 1:46. genuinely felt a tougher effort (mentally at least) than my PB over the same distance despite being nearly ten minutes slower.
should really have given this a miss as I had some kind of food poisoning/stomach bug from thurs evening to saturday afternoon - lost almost 6lbs in water weight and was so tired yesterday that it was a struggle just to walk upstairs
began to feel better yesterday evening and, in a moment of post-sickness euphoria, stupidly decided to run today thinking that I could just tough it out…
big mistake. the heat today was brutal and I was still really dehydrated and nowhere near recovered enough. only managed two miles at race pace (7:20) then felt like I was going to collapse from exhaustion. have never wanted to drop out of a race so badly.
ended up having to stop and walk in places and finished in 1:46. genuinely felt a tougher effort (mentally at least) than my PB over the same distance despite being nearly ten minutes slower.
cheers all
luckily my big race this year isn't until the end of October (Dublin marathon)– so have plenty of time to build up a good base again and train for that properly
that's a cracking 10K time edw
congrats on your first marathon fig - it's taken me four years to decide to do another!
luckily my big race this year isn't until the end of October (Dublin marathon)– so have plenty of time to build up a good base again and train for that properly
that's a cracking 10K time edw

congrats on your first marathon fig - it's taken me four years to decide to do another!
2016 Team GB running vest up in the classifieds for a few days if anyone's keen.
BNWT and only tried on.
Selling for less than retail
https://www.fuk.co.uk/threads/team-gb-rio-2016-running-vest/
BNWT and only tried on.
Selling for less than retail
https://www.fuk.co.uk/threads/team-gb-rio-2016-running-vest/
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