Not. Half Marathon

[AlMorr]

Looking at that screen for a second you would think that I had ran a half marathon, NO, the 10 on the right side is what I was expected to run this week, the 21.21 on the left is a combination of my 5K not parkrun on Saturday and this mornings 16K/10 miles. 😊 🏃🏾

[Grannyhugs 10 Miles]

Well done on this morning’s 10 miles. Was it in the rain? Happy running 🤗

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Thanks Grannyhugs, most of my 10 miles run this morning was ran in mainly light rain, it went off occasionally, at other times, especially at the 10K point it was quite heavy for a short while.

That is the longest run that I have ever ran, just over two hours, at exactly 16K my time was 2 hours 2 minutes and 27 seconds, so the 2.04.14 is a little more than 10 miles, all in all I enjoyed my run despite getting a little wet, ha, drenched, however, I was only wearing a T Shirt and shorts, got changed immediately I got home and had coffee and a caramel short cake.

[Hidden in reply to AlMorr]

How are your pins today mate?

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Good morning GTFC, I have just walked around most of the route I ran yesterday, just once today, not the umpteen times I ran around it yesterday, my pins are fine, no after affects from yesterday although I would n't have wanted to run today, my next run will be a (not) parkrun 5K on Saturday morning.

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Congratulations on your first 10 miles Al. Have a well deserved rest and celebrate in style. Don’t forget to claim your shiny badge.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy5, the words '10 miles' and shiny badge are on the marathon forum, I only posted this one as it looked as if I had run a HM, that 21.21KM is the combination of two runs, the (not) 5K parkrun on Saturday and the 10 miles I ran on Wednesday, I don't think I will go on to HM, I was really slowing down on the last 3Km's yesterday.

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to AlMorr]

No, 10 miles was enough for me too. 😅

[Dexy5 10 Miles in reply to AlMorr]

Oh yes , I didn’t spot the badge because I was on the app, not the website. 👍

[Forest_Run_Beginner Marathon]

Amazing Al, huge congratulations on your 10 mile run. I'm working my way up to that at the moment so you are an inspiration to me. Hopefully I'll be able to do it in as quick a time as you, just over 2 hours is fantastic. I bet that coffee and caramel shortbread tastes even better after that effort.

Huge well done again Al, absolutely fantastic

[Hidden in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner]

I believe you will get there in time. Keep doing what you are doing 😊

[Forest_Run_Beginner Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, I'm not in any hurry to get to the distance so am taking it steady, increasing by 1km every other week at the moment. It is so inspirational to hear about when others do it though, it makes me want to get there too!

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner]

Thanks FRB, I hope it won't be long before you can run ten miles, just like C25K take all the runs slow and steady 🏃🏾 👍.

[Forest_Run_Beginner Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks Al, and I only have 1 speed and that is super slow!

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner]

👍 🏃🏾

[Hidden in reply to Forest_Run_Beginner]

This really is the best way. Steady and incremental increases in distance and you'll get there fitter, stronger and with more stamina.

[Raspberrypink Half Marathon]

Very well done on running 10 miles. It’s tough isn’t it? I managed it on Wednesday too. Having a couple of days rest now. I might try a half marathon but no more! I hope you are feeling ok now😊

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Raspberrypink]

I am feeling fine thank you Raspberrypink, I was hoping to run the full circuit on Wednesday, but the wooded part of the route gets very muddy when it's raining, that meant it was a case of running around in a smaller route more times to make up the 10 miles, if we can get a reasonable dry spell before the end of September I will run another 10 miles on that longer circuit.

[Raspberrypink Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Good luck for your 10 miles round the full circuit 👍🏼

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Raspberrypink]

👍 Whenever, you know that the British weather can be so unpredictable, I am sure there will be a dry spell soon. 😊