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DunnjaHalf Marathon
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After all the excitement of the Brighton Marathon, I have only gone and entered for next year.....eeek.

This is the girl that couldn't run for a minute in June last year.  The one that insisted she would only ever run 5k.  

That running bug won't get me....she said.

Hmmmmm, how naive was I.

Jules x

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Eatcakeandrun profile image
EatcakeandrunMarathon

Wow -well done! You have got lots of time to prepare. Yes - running is certainly addictive for some! 

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Sandraj39Half Marathon

Well, "you gotta have a goal"! That is really exciting - well done you☺

benwill profile image
benwillMarathon

Excellent great news, you will love it but it is hard work but the crowds and great and its flatish.  

Get your self booked into a half october/november time and that will set you on your way good training period! Find a good training programme (i did a myasics one)

and i once said i would never do more then 5k who needs to run more then 3 miles! 

Dunnja profile image
DunnjaHalf Marathon in reply to benwill

My half is already booked. A very hilly one in my home town.

Hill training has commenced.

😃

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benwillMarathon in reply to Dunnja

simple then your have no problem and the course at brighton really isnt that hilly :) but them hills do make you stronger. 

 i had more problems with the speed bumps after mile 23, but not sure you can prepare for that! 

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poppypugMarathon

Fantastic Jules !

Go you , a fully blown  Marra !

This is on my bucket list before I pop mi' clogs :-)

You've loads of time to train n'all .

Fab stuff ! :-) xxx

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DunnjaHalf Marathon in reply to poppypug

Thanks Poppy.

I'm doing it with a friend that I train with and we have vowed to just go and enjoy it.

Never in a million years did I ever believe I would doing a marathon.

I can remember my first day of couch so well. My little boy laughed at me as I was panting so bad after the first minute.😃

Just goes to show what we can achieve xxx

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poppypugMarathon in reply to Dunnja

Brilliant !

Im really excited for you , yes youre right , who knows where this programme and our own ambitions can lead us .

Great innit ? :-) xx

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Marathon

woo hooo, you will love it, well done and you have ages to train :)

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DunnjaHalf Marathon in reply to ju-ju-

I am very excited.  I need to start building distance now as I don't have the luxury of following a 10 week training plan due to new job. Xx

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AncientMumHalf Marathon

Ah Jules, that's brilliant. 

To quote Captain Sensible: 🎼🎶"You've got to have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how ya gonna have a dream come true?"🎶

Suspect if you can run all the HM with all the hills, then you'll be absolutely fine for Brighton xx

Dunnja profile image
DunnjaHalf Marathon in reply to AncientMum

Thanks Sweetie. Love that song.  

Gonna be hard but I can do it if I work hard.

Can't quite believe it, if I'm honest xxx

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homlyme

Its definitely catching🏃‍♀️

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