Unintentional first Half Marathon 🥳🥳

[SmilingTortoise1]

This week I've been exploring some lovely new running routes with Komoot - thank you for the info Linda9389. Today I went out on my long run and ended up going further than planned. I missed a couple of turns 🤪 , ended up in a wood where the path just ended (?@?) and also found myself in a field of rather loud mooing cows 🥴 so needed to retrace my steps a few times. And ... then ... I ended up running 21.17km - Woo hoo 🥳🥳

Now where are those cup cakes??? 😋

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations on running your first HALF MARATHON, that is some achievement, remember to tell the administrators, you will then see the magic words HALF MARATHON next to your username 😊 🏃🏾 🎓.

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks AlMorr 😊

Will be nice to see the words next to my name 👍

Like you, when you did your 10 miles, I had some rain during my run today. It rained twice - it didn't last long and I found it pleasant and actually I think it helped me. The weather was quite muggy and the rain cooled me down.

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to SmilingTortoise1]

Not sure where the half marathon for July graduation healthunlocked page is, there are 3 pages for various distances, C25K, Bridge 210K and Marathon Running and Race Support for runners who have ran 10 miles, a half marathon, a metric marathon or the 26 mile marathon, when I ran 10 miles on Wednesday, one of the administrators noticed my post and put the words 10 miles next to my username without me going to any particular pinned posts at all, I am sure it won't be long before you see Half Marathon next to your username.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Don't worry AlMorr - we're not bad spotters over here (it's not so busy as the bridge and couch forums)

[Grannyhugs 10 Miles]

Brilliant effort, sounds like you had quite an adventurous run. The pictures are lovely, I can see how easy it must be just to keep going when that is your scenery. Happy running 🤗

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to Grannyhugs]

Thanks Grannyhugs 😊

Yes the scenery is lovely and one of the advantages of running so far is how varied it is 😊

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Funny how these things happen sometimes! 😉😂 Congratulations on your first half marathon - a great achievement!👏👏💪 Some beautiful photos too.🙂

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Thank you Sandraj39😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Oh wow! Well done you! Not sure that's the best ad for Komoot but it's a massive achievement. Hope you found the cupcakes 😍. You now have a shiny new badge!

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda9389 👍

I love Komoot - just getting my sister to download at moment! It was definitely me that was the problem not komoot. One wrong turn was I got confused with my left and right 🤪 after a couple of 100 m I realised what I'd done and at that point I ate one of my Clif Bloks 😂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to SmilingTortoise1]

I do that all the time! Did it today on the bike - it told me to go left, so I went left ... only my left turned out to be right to everyone else! Never mind. I did wonder if listening to all these directions would help me reinforce my left and right, but I guess almost 60 years of getting it wrong is hard to overturn. We'll see!

When I'm not mixing up my left and right I'm zoning out 🤪

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

😂😂

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

Wooohoooo. 😊😊 Congratulations

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Thank you Deals1 😊

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

I don’t know about smiling tortoise, I think there should be a big grin on your face. Very well done. 🐢😊

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Yes huge grin! When I joined this group I was worried I was punching above my weight so I feel such a sense of achievement 😊😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to SmilingTortoise1]

... and that, just that, should be a post in it's own right 😊

[Raspberrypink Half Marathon]

Well done. Great achievement. I hope you are recovered now! 👍🏼

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to Raspberrypink]

Thank you Raspberrypink 😊 Surprisingly I'm feeling fine today 👍

[MrsRDj Half Marathon]

Fantastic- well done and I love the photos!

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Thank you MrsRDJ 😊 I'm loving running with Komoot as I'm exploring different routes and not need to do lots of circuits on the same routes 👍

[TailChaser Marathon]

Wonderful ST! Congratulations! That’s got to be the best way to do a HM and in such gorgeous surroundings how could you not! 👏👏👏💪😍

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Thank you TC 😊 Yes - it would have been rude not to 😂

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Congratulations on your fantastic achievement. It's amazing that you can run this distance without intending to! You're very brave entering a field of cows 🐄🐮

Love the photos. 😁👍👏👏🥳🥳

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Thank you Cantstopmenow 😊

I think not intending to go so far meant I didn't feel under pressure which was a good thing 😁

When I first entered the field I couldnt see the cows as they were at the far end. I'm not that brave and as soon as I saw them went back to the road 🥴 now taken that path off my route 🤗

[Buddy34 Half Marathon]

Congratulations on your very first HM. Those are cracking photos , no wonder you kept running . Your new badge looks great doesn't it.

Well done you 👏👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳🥳

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to Buddy34]

Thank you Buddy34 😊 yes I the route I was lovely and looking forward to trying again (with a few adjustments made - no cows field and no wood).

Each time I see the badge I grin like a Cheshire cat 😻

[Buddy34 Half Marathon in reply to SmilingTortoise1]

I nearly cried when I seen mine. I mean me ran a HM 🤣

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to Buddy34]

😂 😂😍😍 yes I felt rather emotional having done it too

[lexi6 10 Miles]

Wow! and congratulations on your first half marathon, thats awesome! and lovely photos. 👏🏻👏🏻

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

Thank you lexi6 😊 To be honest it feels a bit surreal that I managed the distance! Definitely a day to give YWA - Tired legs a go I think 🧘‍♀️🙏

[David_G Metric Marathon]

Congratulations SmilingTortoise1 🏅🏆 What a wonderful way to do a half marathon!🙂👍 Looks like a beautiful place to run too. Hope you enjoyed the run and go on to do many more!😀👏👏👏

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon in reply to David_G]

Thank you David_G 😊

Yes it's a lovely place to run and I did enjoy it! Looking forward to many more 🤞👍