HM Pics

[Dunder2004]

A couple of shots from my HM on Sunday.

The one on the left, I think, is about 6K from home just as the route started to get really tough and the one on the right is about 400m from the finish.

[poppypug Graduate]

Brilliant ! You look really comfortable there Mr D , good posture, and as cool as a cucumber !

Those hilly bits look a bit of a mare though , who put them there for Gods sake - Pah !

Definitely keep them for the mantelpiece . I would get them blown up and wallpaper my living room with them , but that's just me ha ha !

Well done and I hope your toe gets better soon xxx

[Noaky12 Graduate in reply to poppypug]

I'm slighty worried that you want to wallpaper your living room with Mr D's image!!!!!! 😆😆😆

[poppypug Graduate in reply to Noaky12]

Ha ha Noaky ! xxx

[Irishprincess Graduate in reply to Noaky12]

Yes I agree Noaky but I didn't like to say......

[poppypug Graduate in reply to Irishprincess]

Oi ! I am still here y' know ha ha !

What I meant to say was if I had done the HM I would be so chuffed with myself that I would get my photos blown up and put on my living room walls . Not that theres nowt wrong in having Mr D wallpaper of course ! I could have matching accessories too , a Mr D lamp and candlelabras Tee hee ...

Sorry Mr D for hijacking your thread xxx

[Dunder2004 Graduate in reply to poppypug]

I know what you meant Pops.

Many thanks for the kind (and not at all creepy ) words.

[AncientMum Graduate in reply to poppypug]

Hahahahaha a whole new line in c25k marketing - MrD-themed merchandise.

[poppypug Graduate in reply to AncientMum]

Tee hee ! Ah but now hes done a HM and had proper photos taken hes a bit of a celeb now .

He could bring out his own range of running gear, runners, socks the lot ! Even a DVD at Christmas ! xxx

[aliboo70 in reply to poppypug]

How about a calendar?? A C25k calendar! 😆

[poppypug Graduate in reply to aliboo70]

Oh yes ! That would be perfect ! xxx

[mcgurranhouse Graduate in reply to poppypug]

You are getting worse!

[poppypug Graduate in reply to mcgurranhouse]

I just can't help myself Marina ha ha , snort xxx

[ancientrunner Graduate]

Both uphill I see!! Well done.

[Dunder2004 Graduate in reply to ancientrunner]

There were downhill sections too, of course but I am sure we all forget/ignore those!

[Irishprincess Graduate]

You don't look tired at all Dunder! In fact you look like a very cool dude there. "Just out for a little ramble on a nice Sunday morning". Great photos.

[Vixchile Graduate]

You look much more relaxed than me, i was all hunched over! Not pretty. You making look effortless

[Sandraj39 Graduate]

"HM In the bag"! Looking like a pro Dunder! Seriously, you do look very composed.

[Realfoodieclub Graduate]

Great photos, very relaxed. Well done.

[Steve_L Graduate]

Looking good, D!

[Hidden]

Composed is a good word. I'm taking heed from this that I need to concentrate on my posture. You must be pleased with this evidence of your good technique

[Dunder2004 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Funny you should mention that Ruth.

When I first started running, I had some knee problems. The physio I visited identified the root cause of this to be me having shonky hips and me 'favouring' my right side. For a couple of months, I was running with kineso tape to correct this - and it worked. From my HM pics (not just these two) it appears that I might be, again, running in a slightly imbalanced way but as long as I don't have any injury issues, I will live with it.

[Hidden in reply to Dunder2004]

Amazing that you can see that from the pics. I see that your right leg is forward in both of these pics. But maybe everyone favours a certain side, so maybe you're running healthily despite favouring your right leg. My run yesterday was focused on trying to find uphill slopes so I found myself running down steps part of the time too (parks with steps - who designs that ?!) I found it difficult to evenly run with left leg/right leg first on approaching each set of steps. But it didn't seem a problem...

[Frank-ntj]

Great photos, looks like your training has paid off well. Great stuff.

[Pigivi]

Brilliant photos Dunder - in the finishing one you don't look at all like someone who just run 21 k!!!

[Dunder2004 Graduate in reply to Pigivi]

Ha ha. About 5 minutes after that, I was sitting on the pavement trying to bend myself into a position to be able to remove the timing chip from my laces.

That took me about 3 minutes and must have been quite a sight!

[Ullyrunner Graduate]

Looking really good Dunder - a cool relaxed runner who certainly doesn't look as though he's near the end of a HM! Well done

[Madge50 Graduate]

Look at the one on the right, both feet off the ground! Now that's running! Excellent, well done Mr D! One day, one day, I will have a photo like that!

Mx

[AncientMum Graduate]

Great photos Mr D, really really great. I agree with Pops, definitely need to go on the mantelpiece.

[dawncoates34 Graduate]

Fantastic Dunder that looks like a lovely scenic run but imagine quite tough too. Well done and fabulous time x

[Hidden]

Good work Dunder. You look very calm and composed there!

[Miles_Yonder Graduate]

Looking cool there, Dunder! Nice pics, thanks for sharing! 😊

[aliboo70]

Lovely action shots there dunder, looking very cool! 😆😊

[Dunnja Graduate]

Well done Dunder. Great pics

Making it look easy 😀