However, while I might not have completed that, I did complete three races very different to any I've done before, all of which had been on my running bucket list for a while.
Colour run
If you've not heard of a colour run this might sound like a strange concept... you run around while people throw powder paint at you. I did this one with my two friends Hayley and Sarah along with Hayley's six year old daughter, Faye. It was great fun doing a run with my friends and was a lovely atmosphere made all the more exciting with it being Faye's first race!
We soon laughed our way around the lap of Holmes Pierrepont reaching the finish line all colours of the rainbow and collected our medals all with huge smiles which got even wider at the sight of our friend with a cold bottle of Prosecco waiting for us (I've not mentioned that it was 25 degrees!)
So all in all a lovely race with a great family atmosphere. And any thing that involves colour, glitter and Prosecco is going to go down well with me!
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| Happy smiley run!! |
Sunrise 5k
The clue is in the title with this one! 1,000 people trotting around the streets of Nottingham at 5.30 am. I'd been looking forward to this race for filling in the gap last year's Nottingham 10k left behind with the big market square finish.
The whole race didn't disappoint and was well worth the 4am alarm call! Maybe it was just the giddy mood I was in from finishing my CIM but there was a bit of an exciting air as everyone congregated on Long Row ready to get started. I think it really added something all having the same t-shirts on and I even considered shopping a couple of times en route to get some photos.
A couple of big hills in the route added in a good mix and before I knew it I was legging it down hill back into market square.. all by 6am!! A major good point of this one has got to be the medal, the photo doesn't do it justice but it's all purple and lovely and even spins!!
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| Obligatory medal shot! |
Race For Life Pretty Muddy
Another one where the clue is in the title a bit! This time a woodland ramble with a variety of wet and muddy obstacles. All women this time and all to raise money for cancer research. I was part of a team for this one, 11 of us formed the "Fuddy Muckers" and I really liked the new dynamic being part of a big group at an event brought.
We head off onto the 5k course which started with some giant inflatable hurdles and several bits of tunnel and muddy/wet nets crawls with a few hundred women and again the atmosphere was good, despite the bit of chill in the air from numerous warm-up water pistols!
Despite not being the most adventurous person in the world I went under, I went over and I went through the obstacles, ending at the last big one, a huge inflatable slide before dashing over the finish line to collect the all important medal!
Once again, there was Prosecco at the finish line, something I could get used to!!
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| Before and after (yes I had Prosecco before too) |
What next?!
So now the time for 'fun' is over! It's been great enjoying different races and taking part in some of them with lots of friends and family. But now into the 12 week countdown stage ahead of the half marathon so that's what I'm working to. I've already done the big units switch on my watch so I'm working in miles instead of km and my main long runs between now and then are all planned in.
Next Sunday it will be back to where it all began with the Women's Running 10km which I'll be taking part in for the third time this year and I can't wait! Then it's gradually increasing my distance with a few interval sessions thrown in for good measure and I should be good to go by 25th September! Watch this space!
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