Remember I told you in January this was the year of the Half Marathon? Well, here I am with my niece at the end of the North London Vitality Half Marathon today. More to follow on the triumph and ignominy soon. When I can feel my legs!
Remember I told you in January this was the year of the Half Marathon? Well, here I am with my niece at the end of the North London Vitality Half Marathon today. More to follow on the triumph and ignominy soon. When I can feel my legs!
Well done! I also did that same one today. It was a real experience finishing in the stadium – loved it.
Wasn’t it amazing! Jessica x
Congratulations gala you are glowing! Xx Lyndel
Gals not gala. Glowing gals!!
Xx
Galas always on your mind Lyndel! Thanks for the congrats. Much love Jessica x
wonderful photo! i can’t imagine that the full marathon pix are far behind…xxx
That’s the plan! J x
Woo-hoo! Well done Jess, great achievement – and a perfect day to run on too. xx
It was, and the sun came out in the last couple of miles! I loved it! Jessica x
Well done! You look so happy. Finishing the 2002 London Marathon within a respectable (wrt my genetic limitations) time was, and still is, one of the happiest moments of my life. The high I felt crossing the line wasn’t even diminished by immediately seeing a board with the information that Paula Radcliffe had broken the world record and had taken more than two hours less than me (although I did make the comparison of course!). I keep saying that I will go back to running, one of the things that infertility / perimenopause / depression took from me for both physical and psychological reasons. Races, in particular, are such a buzz. But I keep finding excuses to put it off (the current one is pretty decent actually – a new puppy – but when she is up to it, I will definitely take her on runs, running with a dog being another great running buzz).
Much love,
Naomi
Well Naomi, I bet your time for the marathon wasn’t quite as humiliating as mine for the half – 2.45 mins!!! But I savoured every moment and when everyone was overtaking me told myself I was training for an ultra – Eddie Izzard watch out! It was an amazing day. So much camaraderie and so different from the solitary life of the swimmer. I loved it! Hope you’ll be running with your puppy soon. J x
Oh well done Jessica! ! That’s brilliant! What a year for you. Xx
Bless you. But when you hear my speed (2.43!) you’ll have to concede it’s not such a triumph! Jessica x