Well, I had resorted to the half marathon this year instead of the full marathon due to having not really managed to build up enough miles on the feet since my recovery and knowing that you can't comfortably bluff your way through the full marathon without inflicting some serious pain on yourself!.... To add to this having had a cold/sinus/blocked up head congestion for the last week and a half and been off school for half of last week, i thought my chances of linig up for a run in the Half Marathon yesterday morning were going to be pretty slim.... anyway after contemplating my flu symptoms and dosing up on some de congestants i went for it... I decided to leave my watch at home otherwise i would be trying to keep to probably unachievable times - so with my watch at home i just ran with what felt ok and didn't worry about times going for the surprise sighting of my time at the end - an interesting way to run letting the body tell you what it feels ok with while having no real idea of pace. I got into what felt to be a reasonable pace and tried to clear my nose for the first 5km or so and then used what energy i had left to run on. Energy levels were a little low but going on what the body felt like was better for me yesterday and Overall i was pretty happy with the run coming in in 1hr42min. The next race for me i now in 2 weeks and is the RTC100 - which is the 152km MTB on the rail trail so i guess that will sort the legs out!
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