I DID IT, WOOPEE!

37m 09s

I'm pleased for a first attempt, but I didn't completely die at the end so I'm sure I could do even better, at a later date mind, couldn't do another one just yet. After all that worrying that I'd take 90mins was all the fault of that bloody treadmill.

Thanks to my bro for taking me there (and pretending to be my trainer, Mickey Goldmill stylee) and Ada, Mike & Chris for coming along to psyche me up. It was really busy, about 5000 participants and loads of spectators. Reeeeally sunny. Didn't think of that, forgot sunscreen and shades so I caught the sun across my face. I now look like a permanently embarrassed manga character.

The race
First k, just easy but still going along with the flow of the people, went quickly. 6mins in
2nd k, started to feel the burn, decided to take it easy to avoid burnout. 15mins in
3rd k, was mostly on grass so it was quite hard going, also I missed the sign so it seemed like the longest kilometre in the whole race.
4th k was non existent, it was part of the 3rd. 31mins in
Last k, everyone around me started to discard their water bottles and picking up the pace. I kept my water but sped up too and the course became higgledy piggledy, didn't know how far til the end. And then there was the big inflated finish post before I realised, I was done.

I had an mp3 playlist ready for my run around, I was almost dancing along to Queen "Don't stop me now" and sprinted to the end with Junior Senior telling me not to stop moving my feet.

Will post some photos later and email everyone who sponsored me a big thankyou. Also update you on the total sponsorship raised.

In all, a good day for charity.