Why on earth? Because nothing is as it seems at the moment is it? 🤷♀️
My Virtual Bath Half number arrived yesterday. A lucky one - 1926, the year my beloved late dad was born. ❤️ I want to feel the camaraderie of running on the allotted weekend, March 13th/14th and not take the easier way out of combining it with the HUHM on March 28th like I was going to.
I’ll be running both HMs on the trails so won’t be going for any PBs, but I’ve trained in all weathers, I know every inch of the common so I can adapt both runs to suit the weather conditions on the day - but pleeeeaase no mud and not too much wind, running gods! 🙏🏻
I’m still planning on completing LEJOG4 with the HUHM on the 28th, so my hardest task is calculating my upcoming running/walking mileage to leave a spare 13.1 miles! As of today I have 103 miles to go. I ran 14k as my long run last week, so a ten miler in a couple of weeks’ time will suffice before tapering.
Crazy lady? I think I am. But my body has been holding out well on the trails, and it’ll be fun. 😀
So there you have it. Written down for all to see. No backing out now! 😅
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Well done cheeky. You are a strong runner and I’ve no doubt you can achieve everything you set out to do. I’ll be waving my Pom Poms for you. Maybe by then you’ll be able to return to your original gorge route.
Thanks Dexy. 😀 I’m going to stick to the common though. I decided that as I’ve run there since the beginning of this lockdown, I’ll put the icing on the cake and run my HM there too. Now I wasn’t planning on running 2, but it just adds to the “fun”! 😅
You crazy chipmunk!! I guess it is a buy one get one free in terms of the training. You will do it of course, no question. Things are looking up here; I can actually see some grass on the lawn!
It’s definitely a BOGOF BC! I’d be sad to be 2 weeks late running the virtual Bath Half, and there’s no way I’m going to miss the HUHM, so what other choice is there? 😅
Yes, hopefully spring is on the way. Today’s wind was brutal and I think we’ve all had enough of winter now.
Well done cheekychipmunks 👏👏 I think you’re very brave to do two HMs in a month, but I’m also sure you’ll manage it!We’ll both be finishing LEJOG4 with the HUHM so we can keep each other company (virtually, of course😊) Don’t forget you just have to finish LEJOG4 sometime within the HM, so you’ve got 21km to play with! Just make sure you haven’t finished LEJOG before the HM and you don’t have more than 21km left before you start it🙂👍
Incidentally, I’m aiming to do the Vitality Big Half in London at the end of April, so I’m almost doing 2 HMs in a month too!😃 Good luck!
Ahh yes, good point David, I don’t need to have exactly 21.1km remaining do I? I can overshoot if necessary, so it won’t need such precise calculations! So relieved. 😅 It’ll nice to be completing LEJOG4 virtually together too. 😀
Great that you’re doing the Vitality Big Half - you’re nearly as bonkers as I am!
You are not a crazy lady, OK, yes, you do have the running bug, those 2 half marathons are 2 weeks apart, on a Sunday, not sure if you will want to run(not) parkrun on the Saturday 13th and 27th March respectively, I wish you good luck for those two HM's🏃🏾
Thanks Al! You’re right, I may need to give those (not) PRs a miss, or maybe just slowly jog them at least. If it were a real PR I’d make sure I was volunteering. 😀
Thank you GH. It only occurred to me when the race number arrived yesterday, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought I could achieve both. They’ll be much slower than my HUHM one last year round the streets of Bristol, but that’s ok. 😀
You are one incredible, amazing lady, even if you are a bit crazy 😜 Running one HM on your own without the spectators, bands, water stations, gels etc to keep you going is a challenge, but to do it twice 😳 Go you! Pom-poms will be shaken
Aww thanks Sandie! These will be my 4th and 5th solo HMs - I’m a real glutton for punishment aren’t I?! 😳😅 I sincerely hope the actual Bath Half goes ahead in September - with actual people! 🤞👏
Haha thank you SM! I absolutely love running up there (lucky really!), but the weather makes a mahoosive difference. If it’s wet and muddy it literally gives me less than half of the route possibilities, and the hills can be made horrific if the wind is against me. I’m hoping for mostly dry underfoot with a very slight breeze - for both HMs! Not asking much am I? 🤣
Yes I will still run there at least once a week when restrictions are lifted. Just not all the time! 😅
Go for it Cheeky - I am sure you will smash it! I know when I ran my first HM, I ran the full distance twice in training 😮(definitely not necessary!) but mainly just to convince myself I would be ok when I ran the event with my sister!🤷♀️ I PB'd on the day, so it actually really payed off. Good luck!👍💪🙂
Wow, it certainly worked for you Sandra! 🎉I’m under no illusions about getting a PB on either, but once I’m in the zone I feel confident that I’ll be ok making the distance even if the runs are rather close together. It’ll be fun I think! 👏👏
That's fab Cheeky, you're obviously feeling full of the joys of spring a bit early this year 😆Lovely that you've got a number that makes you think of dear old Dad...what would he think of his girl running two HMs in a fortnight 😊
Aww Run46, thank you! 🥰 He’d be so proud, and pretty surprised too. I didn’t take up running until 2018 and we lost him in 2013. As far as he was aware I hated everything to do with running! 😅
My Dad would've been surprised too...mind you, if we went back to when they were still with us and told us we'd be running HMs in the future I'm not sure we'd have believed it either 😉
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