Well, this constitutes my first post on the marathon in a month blog. Hello!
Let me introduce myself; I'm Jen, one of Simone's colleagues, and a 'i get points for trying' kind of runner. I'm not meant for running, really--i've got collapsed arches, wonky knees and a weekly hot date where I get manhandled by my physio. I trained for, then ran the London Marathon this year and then swiftly, promptly, quickly tried to bury the hitting the wall feeling of the last six miles by not running for the past two months.
The relaxing, sleeping in and copious amounts of wine tippling have been glorious, but i've been vowing to get my nine toenailed feet back into my asics for the past three weeks (what they don't tell you about long distance running tip #1: you may lose (several) toenails). And on Tuesday, it happened. I wheezed my way around crouch end, hornsey and up the neverending slightly sloping hill of finsbury park for a 4.2 mile run. I'm back!
As my first test of endurance, i've signed up for the Battersea Park Boutique Run 10k on 9 July. I will, hopefully, at this point, have already completed far longer than a 10k, but regardless check it out here: boutique run.
And if i'm feeling extra ambitious, I may follow this with the British 10k through Central London the next morning on 10 July. Note: the course does take you through some of the nicer bits of the london marathon route. Find info here: british 10k.
anyone interested?
How did you get on with the runs Jen? Did you do either of the 10k's?
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