Mission complete!

I DID IT!!! It's now nine hours since I crossed the finish line and I'm still absolutely buzzing - if it wasn't for the fact that I was a sweaty mess I reckon I'd still be walking about in my t-shirt and medal.

I set off today hoping to come in at around one hour ten minutes, that's sort of what I had in the back on my mind. Anything could have happened, and I'd have been genuinely happy even if I strolled over the finish line at about two hours. 

So I was absolutely ecstatic when I got my results message telling me I'd completed the race in 1:02:51! I've even got a dodgy, Microsoft-Word-based certificate, look: 

I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed myself as well, the atmosphere was great, the route was lovely and I had some of my favourite people there to cheer me on. I can't believe how quickly it went by as one km turned into two then three and so on, before I knew it I was sprinting up to the finish line with the biggest smile I've had one my face for a long time. 

I'm not sure exactly what my total raised is yet, I've still got some bits and bobs to add up but it looks like it will be around the £175 mark, which I'm thrilled with. I really can't thank everyone enough, not just for the donations but for the continued support over the last couple of months. It's meant so much having you all behind me! 

If if you've still not done that donation you've been meaning to, it's not too late! Get yourself over to www.justgiving.co.uk/kayk10k and I'll be eternally grateful! 

Who knows what's next on the agenda, looking back at my old posts tonight has made me realise how far I've come since the start of the year. I genuinely do enjoy running now and will be carrying on with it. Maybe I'll be back next year with a marathon mission... maybe!

All that remains for me to say is thank you again for reading my weekly waffling on, hopefully you might have even slightly enjoyed it! Here are a couple of photos of me looking a sweaty mess to sign off with! 

Immediately post-race, fresh sweat and all!

Alzheimer's soc t-shirt, nffc sweatbands. Latest fashion! Still pretty sweaty here!

Modelling my finisher's t-shirt, slightly less sweat!

Final photo from my first (potentially of many!) race!! 

Thank you, and goodnight! Kay xx

The calm before the storm

One week until race day! After the sheer panic and worry that's set in over the last few weeks (I've started dreaming about it now, sure fire way of knowing I'm worrying about something), this evening I'm feeling weirdly calm. 

I'm not expecting it to last, since I signed up for this race I've had more ups and downs than Blackpool Pleasure Beach! My mindset has flickered between being completely convinced I'll massively fail (or potentially even die) one minute and then feeling positive, confident and like I'll smash it the next minute. 

Maybe I'm feeling so calm and positive today because, one thing I have smashed thanks to loads of generous donors is my fundraising target! I really do appreciate every penny! I'm not planning on stopping there, and hopefully by the time my race comes I'll have raised well over the £100 mark! 

The plan for the week ahead is to have a couple of gentle jogs and then enjoy a bit of a carb-fest (and probably a very early night) on Saturday!

Nearly there!!!