2012 Events! (hopefully if I can stay fit at 50!)

Edinburgh Marathon DONE!!!

I made it round despite the heat in 4.08.31 slightly disappointed to miss out on sub four. Greg did 4.18.51 and Elisabeth did 2.14 and Molly 2.21 for the Half Marathon. Ran a great steady half marathon in 1.57 then the wheels came off abit due to the heat at mile 20 and had to dig deep, sad to see the goal slipping away but 50% of folk were walking by now, just so hot!! Nice sprint to the finish to pick up the biggest medal in the world. Time to have a rest for a week anyway!!

Training going well ran a 1.42.49 PB for 13.1miles on the Monsal Trail with a tail wind for the second six miles on SundayThanks to getting through to the Asics 26.2 competition I had the opportunity to run the Coniston 14 in the Lake District. What a beautiful race round the Lake made famous by the Campbells and the water speed record attempts. Great atmosphere and what views recommend this race to all fantastic.

Great Longstone Fell Race first Friday in September.

Great North Half Marathon in September.

Birmingham Half Marathon in October.

My training record is here if you want to spy on me, I put the mileage I do and how I feel on here including the weather and where I run.

http://www.runnersforum.co.uk/blog/madmark.html

2011

Well I did the Great North Run (the biggest Half Marathon in the world,)  again for the second time 13.1 miles on the 18th of September. What a great run, a real up and down course but hung on in there for a one hour and 50 minutes finish which was better than last year by 10 mins and only 26 seconds away from a pb for the Half Marathon distance for me. Quite warm until the last mile when it rained which was very welcome.  Can you spot me in one of the pictures with the Red Arrows from last years GNR? Blue Bowel Cancer,light blue shirt not quite going as fast as the Red Arrows!!  Very brave widow of the Red Arrows pilot who died started the race along with Mo Farrar. Did the Great Longstone Fell Race too the first Friday in the month, lovely sunny evening with great views on the EDGE.

2010

Birmingham Half Marathon on the 24th of October 2010 was done in 1.49 mins.49secs(on a cold sunny day) this was the highlight of the year along with the Great North Run in September and the  30th London Marathon 2010.  The London Marathon on April 25th 2010. What a brilliant day, the crowd support was superb, the music and encouragement all the way round was unbelievable.  At the start it was raining and then as we set off the cloud cleared and it was fair and a bit warm at times.  I ran with Darth Vader, a Hulk in yellow (one for the ladies) and a guy in a pink dress, he got on the BBC so I listened in while he was being interviewed so I was on the highlights programme.  The last four miles were tough but thanks to the cheers and the jelly babies I made it home in four hours and thirty five minutes. Thanks for your support once again. Love to go have gone a bit faster but thats for another day.............

We need to keep the money coming in to help the good people at Bowel & Cancer Research who do great work for people suffering with Bowel Cancer and also Crohn's disease. I have several friends and relatives who have suffered and are suffering at the moment with this and research is badly required to help reduce the suffering caused by these chronic illnesses. Keep fighting John, Colin and many others.

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