Well that was a fun day! Wasn't thinking I was going to make it last night - have had a cold for 10 days now, and haven't slept much for a couple of nights from coughing, and just felt knackered etc et etc, blah blah blah. Plus, the thought of getting up at 04:35 (ON SATURDAY) was not appealing.
But I'm so glad I did! Even if the weather was, um, windy. Very windy.
It started off in a nice way, when I ran into Eddie at the train station and he let me share his taxi to the start. It was almost exactly a year ago that the same thing happened at my 100th marathon, when he did exactly the same kind thing. Such a gent. Thanks Eddie, and good to see you.
Phoenix has a new headquarters in the new Sports Hub outside the leisure centre. Very nice there. Very fancy. Coffee bar any everything! Thanks to the surprise lift, it was nice to have time to see lots of people at the start, warm inside and sheltered from the wind.
Today's run was the 100 Marathon Club AGM Marathon and Timed Event, including handicapped race. Splendidly organised, as always, by Rik and Team Phoenix - thank you for looking after us all today!
Lovely to run with Sarah today, thank you for the Girls Day Out (and the 100 MC nail polish)! I got promoted to a Princess, purely by association of running with Sarah (who always looks amazing), which was very exciting, especially as I was a complete state from a) feeling ill, and b) the wind.....
We started with the mass start at 08:00 and did 9 laps (29.5 miles). Very lovely to see so many (SO MANY!!) people today, and it was very sociable and much fun, and everyone seemed in good spirits. The people doing the handicapped race were starting at all different times, so I was completely confused as to what was going on and who was where, but everyone else seemed to know who they were and what they were doing, and everyone did super. Well done all!
It was very windy today though, did I say that already? Just making sure. The first half of the lap, westwards, felt like someone was pushing us backwards, which became quite tiring/ trying after a while. The second half with the wind behind (behind-ish, why does wind change direction when you do?), of course, was easier, but still not that easy. I felt pretty tired really and it seemed quite hard today (especially running under The White Bridge Of Doom, which made a special appearance of replacing the Blue Bridge, as worst bridge of the day). Thank you Sarah for dragging me around and sticking with me all day! All this training against the wind must be good for something, right? Anyway, it was a bit tough, but it was a lot of fun and I loved it.
Off to paint my nails and work on being a princess...
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