CHECK ME OUT!
I'm a marathon runner! I'm a marathon runner! (and repeat in playground chant stylee)
What a phonemonal experience. And a painful one.
Firstly, if anyone is ever thinking about doing something as silly as running a marathon, then New York is the place to do it. If the crowds cheering, bands playing and 38,000 others running alongside you don't spur you on, then the spectacular sights of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Harlem, The Bronx and Central Park most certainly will. What an amazing city and getting to see it all over a 26.2mile course made a huge difference to the day. It certainly carried me for the 1st 3 hours.
The last hour was considerably more painful - and involved lots of swearing at myself and 'tough love'. I was damned if I was going to stop, and most definitely in denial that I was anyway near hitting THE WALL. So the last few miles uphill to Central Park were truly horrible.
Finally, at 25 1/2 miles, I saw a familiar face. Steve Baker shouting like a madman who had bet his life's savings on a wooden horse. I was that wooden horse, and I was going to cross that finish line.
And I did. After 4 hours and 5 minutes. WELL DONE ME!
That's 13,661st out of 37,840 finishers.
I was the 2653th female.
I was the 683rd 29-year old.
Go to www.nycmarathon.org and look up runner F6853 for proof!
Once the elation has subsided a little, I realised that my physical wellbeing was not what it was. Not a single blister (Vaseline I tell thee, wonderful stuff). However I was unable to walk down stair or use the loo without a handrail for 2 days.
A small price to pay.
Especially since it was all for a bloody good cause and I have raised loads for money for get Kids Going. If I hadn't been running for charity, I really don't think I'd have made it. Some of the other runners were in considerably worse states of wear than myself and I even cried en route (not good for regular breathing) when i saw just what an ordeal some people were going through for their cause. So thanks to all those who sponsored me - it really does help.
So now I'm off to the pub.
Anna xxx
I'm a marathon runner! I'm a marathon runner! (and repeat in playground chant stylee)
What a phonemonal experience. And a painful one.
Firstly, if anyone is ever thinking about doing something as silly as running a marathon, then New York is the place to do it. If the crowds cheering, bands playing and 38,000 others running alongside you don't spur you on, then the spectacular sights of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Harlem, The Bronx and Central Park most certainly will. What an amazing city and getting to see it all over a 26.2mile course made a huge difference to the day. It certainly carried me for the 1st 3 hours.
The last hour was considerably more painful - and involved lots of swearing at myself and 'tough love'. I was damned if I was going to stop, and most definitely in denial that I was anyway near hitting THE WALL. So the last few miles uphill to Central Park were truly horrible.
Finally, at 25 1/2 miles, I saw a familiar face. Steve Baker shouting like a madman who had bet his life's savings on a wooden horse. I was that wooden horse, and I was going to cross that finish line.
And I did. After 4 hours and 5 minutes. WELL DONE ME!
That's 13,661st out of 37,840 finishers.
I was the 2653th female.
I was the 683rd 29-year old.
Go to www.nycmarathon.org and look up runner F6853 for proof!
Once the elation has subsided a little, I realised that my physical wellbeing was not what it was. Not a single blister (Vaseline I tell thee, wonderful stuff). However I was unable to walk down stair or use the loo without a handrail for 2 days.
A small price to pay.
Especially since it was all for a bloody good cause and I have raised loads for money for get Kids Going. If I hadn't been running for charity, I really don't think I'd have made it. Some of the other runners were in considerably worse states of wear than myself and I even cried en route (not good for regular breathing) when i saw just what an ordeal some people were going through for their cause. So thanks to all those who sponsored me - it really does help.
So now I'm off to the pub.
Anna xxx
posted by Anna Banana @ 9:47 AM
3 Comments:
At Tuesday, 14 November, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Well Done you! Personally the site of Steve Baker chanting and cheering would have probably made me turn around and run 26 miles in the other direction so good on you!!
I fancy having a go myself, do you want to run it next year?? :-D
At Tuesday, 14 November, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Well done Anna, a breathtaking achievement, literally.
Did you get any stitch?
At Tuesday, 14 November, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Well Done ! You're a hero. You shame us all. Time to get off my fat arse and start training.
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