HUHM

[Cantstopmenow]

Thank you so much for organising this virtual event. It was great fun to be able to take part in it. I loved the play list and it kept me motivated after 12k when I started flagging. Unfortunately I couldn't hear the RunGo comments due to the wind, but I will enjoy them over my next couple of runs.

I set off late morning after walking the dog by which time the heavy rain had eased to a drizzle. Uphill out of the village and into the wind was tiring and I quickly abandoned my planned route on the country lanes in search of less puddles and shelter!

All was going well, I had my garmin recording laps, high 5 drink and raisins, the hu playlist, my legs were tired, but I was ok and I was planning my route back so that the final 1.3k would be a nice downhill run into the village.

Unfortunately, something went wrong, probably my brain. Imaging my horror when I arrived home, checked Strava and found that I had run 12.51miles, followed by a cool down walk of half a mile. "Its not worked " I sobbed to hubby.... Anyway, everyone has been very kind and I have completed the hm distance, although maybe not as intended.

Next time, I will be taking a stop watch too and writing the HM distance on my hands in both miles and Kms!!! 😀😂

Training for this event has kept me motivated and focused on running through the cold months of January and February, so thanks for that too. I can't wait for the next one!

Have a relaxing evening.😀😊

[Stephen_UK Half Marathon]

Hi Cantstopmeow. I was hoping you would file a report. Good to see it. Don’t worry about the difference. Surely it’s close enough? A massive achievement, however you look at it. Hope you have recovered now.

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Stephen_UK]

Yes thank you Stephen. A hot bath and glass of wine have restored perspective. Glad to hear you are ok 😊

[Stephen_UK Half Marathon in reply to Cantstopmenow]

Great ways to relax. Very tempted to do the same...

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Stephen_UK]

I recommend it 👍

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Congratulations on your race and I do think it counts! No worries, you are not alone in your technology woes. I realized halfway through my HM that I had paused my watch at a stoplight and forgot to unpause it until much later, so I had to have Strava treat it all as a race in order to collect all the moving time. I had to run a few km longer to make up for it. Live and learn! Although I'm sure I will make the same mistake again Hope you have your feet up and are relaxing and enjoying your great achievement!

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

Thanks Decker. I overreacted, I was pretty exhausted when I got home. Sorry its happened to you too. We know we've done the distance 😊👍

[Run46 Half Marathon]

Oh gutted CSMN but you know you did the distance, just one of those things.

After never doing it before last week I've twice...TWICE, paused Garmin for e.g. while I had a gel and realised a while later I'd not started it again! Don't know where my brain is but my 12 miler says 11.7 and my 5 miler says 4 miles!!! I just carried on until I was sure I'd done the distance, pulling tongues at my Garmin coz my legs know better 😉

Actually relieved it's not just me...must be these long tiring runs addling our minds 😆

Congrats on your soggy HM 🏃‍♀️👍...hoping the weather improves for mine on Friday 🤞

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Run46]

Thanks Run46. I think you're right. I hope you have a great run on Friday. I'll be thinking of you 😊👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Oh tech🙄! and oxygen deprived brains😕!!! One of the perils of virtual runs in that there are no marshals to keep you on track, no gantry and timing mat to give you the nod when your distance is reached. It definitely counts. Submit your result for the run you did - even if not how you intended (or did you want to run it again later in the week? no, right, so this one counts!!!). Well done!!! And thank you for all your enthusiasm - it is really appreciated 😊

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda. I'll work something out. It was just good to be part of the event. 😊

[CBDB]

Big congrats! 🎉🎊🍾🥳 Thats a HM in my books! I’m so in awe (only ran my first 8k yesterday!)

So: Woohooo 👏🙌🎉🍾 Well done - well run!

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to CBDB]

Thank you CBDB, I did enjoy it. Congratulations to you on your first 8k 👍🎉👏

[Magellan Marathon]

Every time you turn a corner, your tech will shave it a little. Your tech only connects to the GPS every few seconds so if you reach the corner in between two connections it will join the dots so that the corner is less sharp. And when it can’t connect it just guesses based on your recent location and trajectory, so it ‘smooths’ some wiggly bits of a route as well as losing distance on the corners. So you almost certainly did more than your tech tells you you did. I’m sure your HM counts.

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Ah, thanks for the information! 😊

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

I hope you realise you completed a fantastic HM yesterday CSMN regardless of silly tech! Lots of people walk during their runs, so the fact you tacked your cooldown walk onto the end is totally legit! 💥

Hope you enjoyed your well deserved glass of wine and bath! I certainly did - and I ate like a horse too! 😅

[misswobble Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

I was still hungry yesterday evening so I made a jam sponge in a mug 😋

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Ohhhhhhh that sounds lush MW! 😋🙏🏻

[misswobble Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

They’re handy when I’ve been running and burned off tons of calories I don’t eat them unless 😃

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Probably wise!

[Blackberrypie Half Marathon in reply to misswobble]

Mmm, mug puddings are seriously tempting. My favourite is syrup and sultana but jam is good too.

[skysue16 Half Marathon]

Very well done, what an achievement 👏 👍

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to skysue16]

Thanks Sue 😊

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

Great run.. Well done. Yeah your cool down took you to the distance,and u were close enough! But tbh I think I'd of felt the same at first. Pleased u celebrated 👌👍u def deserved too

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Deals1]

Thanks Deals1. I'm going to be extra careful in future. I think my brain got blown away!

[PurpleFish59]

It is very easy to get emotional when you are physically and mentally exhausted but you most definitely did it so well done you! I walked a fair bit of my last half mile too because of it being a huge steep hill!

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Thanks Purplefish. Wow. I don't think I could have finished on a steep hill - I would have been crawling up! My last half mile was all downhill! 😊

[Lavender1962 Half Marathon]

Well done! You did it just a little glitch. 🎉😊

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Lavender1962]

Thank you, I did! I won't be making that mistake again! 😀

[Blackberrypie Half Marathon]

Congrats on your run - when I did my first 10 miles I found myself searching "10 miles in km" along the way so I was sure I got there. But your cool down walk got you over the line and look at all the shiny badges popping up everywhere!

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to Blackberrypie]

Thank you. I didn't even notice the badges 😂😂 I have no idea what came over me! I wont be making that mistake again! 😊