Ascot Local Half Marathon

[AllezLeChef]

Last Sunday was the day I was going to run the London Landmarks Half Marathon. There was going to be over 14,000 runners, 1000's of supporters, and entertainment along the way. It was going to be flat and a beautiful day.

Instead, I did a Local Landmarks half marathon. There was 1 runner (me), 1 supporter (for some of the way), hills, it was cold and there was a strong wind but I did it, I ran my virtual half marathon in a respectable time of under 2h 08m. I still might never have run a race but I have now run a half marathon.

I have come a long way from starting C25K and being beaten by an 80 year old in my first parkrun last February.

Just hope that the real LLHM can be rescheduled for the Autumn.

[Granspeed]

Congratulations. 🎉👏🏼🎉🎶🎵🎶🎉 Actually you have loads of supporters. Just hard to hear those virtual cheers and at that speed, I bet the pom-poms whizzed by! Splendid time especially with the cold winds we’ve all been having. That’s a huge achievement in only just over a year. ⭐️🎉⭐️

[AllezLeChef Half Marathon in reply to Granspeed]

You are right the forum does provide a lot of virtual support and great advice for a newbie

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Just fabulous - that's amazing progress! I really hope they can reschedule too so I can get to volunteer as planned - ideally not 11th Oct or 31st Oct (Oxford HM and RTN London - both rescheduled dates for me) 😀.

[C3PO Marathon]

Well done! I hope so, too, but imagine they're going to have lots of trouble finding a date.

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Fantastic achievement in such a short time! And I've just assigned a new HM badge to you for your efforts - well done!

[AliHC Marathon]

Well done AllezLeChef 😎