Half marathon done 😁 22k to be exact

[Jericho2332]

Morning runners, hope everyone has had a great start to the week!

I decided on an unplanned run this morning, didn't have a route or distance in mind. Thought maybe a 15km just to top my January running distance up nicely... Decided to run steadily all the way, no heroics, wanted to average about 6.30/km which is about my cruise control pace. Warmed up after about 3km and had to fight the urge to speed up.

Got overtaken by a young lady who was running at a really good pace at about 7km and really had to fight the urge to speed up!

Again at 10km a fellow runner left me in his wake and I kept telling myself not to try to chase him down! 🤣 (Anyone who's read some of my old posts will know I have issues with competition 🤣)

15km and I'm close to home, I still feel good and choose to turn off and keep going! The weather is good and conditions under foot are probably the best they have been in a while so I make the decision to go for the HM!

I get to 20k and remember how absolutely shattered I was last time I got this far, literally had nothing left that first time. This time was different, my legs felt fine, my breathing was good and even the uphill section I was on wasn't going to stop me!

Passed the half marathon distance and decided to keep going to round it up to 22km

Very very pleased! Could I have kept going for the metric marathon? Yes, another 4km was doable but I really didn't feel the urge.

Do I want to go further? I'm not sure, I've come a long way in the 4 to 5 months since I started running. I won't say no though as I have a habit of surprising myself 🤣🤣

Have a great hump day all and if your running I hope it's a good one 👍🏻

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations on completing your second half marathon, in the future you will be able to run as fast as those 2 runners who overtook you today.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to AlMorr]

This is Jericho2332's first half marathon!

He got his badge request in quicksticks 😊😊😊

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks Al, yes I got close last time but had to stop as was spent! Had plenty in the tank this time though and was able to finish the HM and do a little extra just to keep the numbers even 🤣

[Peter44 10 Miles]

Blimey, 22km!!! 🥵🥵🥵I had a feeling you'd be hitting the HM, well done 👏👏👏 bet your pretty chuffed with that, fast pace too, the other 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ must have been flying 💨💨

Going out soon, not run since sat, feels like ages! 🤞☹

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Peter44]

Have a good one mate 👍🏻 yeah well pleased with that today, just kept to basic pace and tried to keep my mind occupied, plenty of music and had coach Bennett on for first 15km, no coaching after that, even sent a few messages at about 16km just in case I didn't make it back 🤣🤣

[Bambi2020]

Has anyone ever told you you’re CRAZY!!🤪 22km !!!!! 😳😳That’s definitely the big boys running group now- Epic achievement!!!🏅🏅🏆🏆🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Bambi2020]

Thank you Bambi, yeah I think I got my seat at the big boys table now 🤣 did some stretching after and a hot bath to relax but my legs are certainly letting me know they are not happy with my life choices! 🤣

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

That's fantastic!! Well done and after 5 months! 👍👍👏

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Deals1]

Thank you 😁

[Runforurlife]

22km baby!! woohoo!! That is insane 😅😅😅 Congrats!!! Sounds like some good running there. The urge not to speed up and overtake is REAL 💪💪😂 Hope that bath is HOT and your legs are glowing with your efforts and not protesting too much. You should feel pretty chuffed with today's efforts, abfab 😜

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Runforurlife]

Thank you! 😁 I've just had to walk upstairs sideways 🤣 that's how tough it's been on the legs! Not the knee though, that's been brilliant since I added the knee support 💪🏻🤞🏻

[Buddy34 Half Marathon]

Congratulations on your HM and a bit more. You did really well to keep the pace down to get the mileage completed. You must be super pleased. Well done you 👏👏👏🏅🏅

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Buddy34]

Thank you 😁 yes super pleased 👍🏻

[Lavender1962 Half Marathon]

Congratulations on your1st half marathon! 👏 🎉

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Lavender1962]

Thank you 😁

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Fabulous! A well executed HM there - massive congratulations on a great achievement. Save the competition for a leaderboard 😀

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thank you 😁

[mattconway1984]

Superb... Great achievement and a good time too! Just remember those faster runners were probably doing shorter runs

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to mattconway1984]

Thank you 😁

[misswobble Marathon in reply to mattconway1984]

Always remember that! Keep the speed down. You don’t wanna blow up 🙂

[00marks Marathon]

Congratulations on your first half marathon!

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to 00marks]

Thank you 😁

[misswobble Marathon]

Well done! That’s fast actually 😃💪👍

No need to overdo things pace or distance wise. Small, incremental increases in distances naturally occur as you get stronger from longer runs 🙂

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Thank you 😁

[Katnap Marathon]

Awesome! 👏👏👏

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Katnap]

Thank you 😁

[Cmoi Marathon]

Congratulations on your first half-marathon, in such a great time too!

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

Thank you 😁

[Irish-John Marathon]

Well done! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Irish-John]

Thank you 😁