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Runnin-gHalf Marathon
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I had originally planned to run this HM on Sunday 14th but had already signed up to a local 8.5 mile trail race for that day. After looking at the race route which was quite hilly, I decided against continuing after the race to complete the HM and moved my run to Saturday 20th. I woke with a sore stomach, felt like I’d been punched from the inside! After some faffing & consulting Dr Google(as you do), I decided the soreness could have been caused by consuming too much quinoa in the previous 2 days. Apparently, it’s a thing! Something to do with saponin on the outside of the seed which can cause inflammation. Anyway, I decided I was safe to go and off I went, an hour later than planned. It was a warm, sunny day and my hour faffing meant it was warmer, quicker than I liked, but I was wearing running shorts for the first time ever which helped keep me cooler. My run included:- watching a crow dive-bomb a bird of prey; enjoying wild orchids & cowslips; wonderful far-reaching views; a wild wee 🀫; running- through fields (wet feet!), woods, old quarry in the woods, past young cows 😳 (luckily they ignored me), through a golf course, up & down hills. Felt ok until 17kms when I felt really tired & had lots of walking breaks. I pushed on but didn’t really enjoy the last 5kms ☹️ Really glad I did it but not sure I’ll be repeating that distance any time soon. Massive thanks to those that organised this event and well done to everyone else that ran, walked, skipped or hopped 😊

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Week7 profile image
Week7Half Marathon

Well run! Sounds like a beautiful but rather hilly route , and in hot weather too! πŸ… Interested to read about the "quinoa affect" .Who knew? Thanks for the info -going to do a bit of reading now!

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cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon

That was great run Runnin-g, well done on tackling that varied route. It does sound lovely. 😍

I’m with you on the 17k slump. I’ve had it in all the HMs I’ve run (about 6). For me is the no man’s land between the achieving exciting 10 mile milestone and the end, and that 4k seems to go on forever.

Well done for perservering, you did brilliantly. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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SueAppleRun10 Miles

A good run, interesting too, glad you quinoa didn't seem to impact, with hills too, impressive.

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

What a lovely report! I loved the sound of that 😍 Well done for pushing on when it felt tough.

That’s interesting about the quinoa, I never knew that. Every day’s a school day here πŸ™‚

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linda9389AdministratorMarathon

What a beautiful photo and great run report. Those last few kilometres feel like they're all about the legs but in fact it's a big mental battle - and you won the war πŸ’ͺπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Congratulations and very well done 😊

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