I Aten't Dead.
May. 21st, 2006 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puddingcatNext time I have a bloody stupid idea, somebody remind me about this one.
On the bright side, being unable to breathe meant I couldn't run fast enough to make my legs ache too badly.
Anyway; round about 1 hour 19 mins, less whatever time the clock was showing by the time I got across the start line. Not bad, considering. It's not too late to sponsor me (please?). I might not have been caught on camera (at least, not the bits the BBC showed) but I did get my name & corset mentioned in the scrolling banner along the bottom of the screen (at about 5.15, on top of a bloke in a Pink Panther costume...).
It rained, lots. I'm very glad I was with the Marie Curie people, and had a tent to stand in beforehand, and that I'd got changed at the gym and so had access to a hot shower and hairdryers (very useful for drying out squelchy socks).
The course had been tweaked slightly from when the maps were sent out; I didn't have to run past Bentley, but instead Bauer Millett around 100 yards from the finishing line. Any further back & I'd have stopped to lick the window; there was a Morgan Roadster (not to mention the red Corvette) behind all the crowds...
If I keep this gym lark up, I'd like to aim for an hour next year (without corset).
On the bright side, being unable to breathe meant I couldn't run fast enough to make my legs ache too badly.
Anyway; round about 1 hour 19 mins, less whatever time the clock was showing by the time I got across the start line. Not bad, considering. It's not too late to sponsor me (please?). I might not have been caught on camera (at least, not the bits the BBC showed) but I did get my name & corset mentioned in the scrolling banner along the bottom of the screen (at about 5.15, on top of a bloke in a Pink Panther costume...).
It rained, lots. I'm very glad I was with the Marie Curie people, and had a tent to stand in beforehand, and that I'd got changed at the gym and so had access to a hot shower and hairdryers (very useful for drying out squelchy socks).
The course had been tweaked slightly from when the maps were sent out; I didn't have to run past Bentley, but instead Bauer Millett around 100 yards from the finishing line. Any further back & I'd have stopped to lick the window; there was a Morgan Roadster (not to mention the red Corvette) behind all the crowds...
If I keep this gym lark up, I'd like to aim for an hour next year (without corset).
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Date: 2006-05-21 05:52 pm (UTC)I saw a banner about somebody's mother recovering after surgery and thought that could have been you but I missed the first bit of it...
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Date: 2006-05-21 05:56 pm (UTC)Glad you survived.
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Date: 2006-05-22 07:31 am (UTC)That sounds like a really good time, corset or not.
I'm sorry you got wet - I was lucky, and the rain didn't start until I crossed the finish line at about 4:30 am!
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Date: 2006-05-22 09:58 am (UTC)N.
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Date: 2006-05-22 04:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-22 06:42 pm (UTC)I recognise those climbing men :)
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Date: 2006-05-22 06:11 pm (UTC)Huge congrats and big hugs. Will give you a ring in the next couple of days to get your exact address and can send you a (small, sorry) cheque.
Almost persuaded me to have a go at the July Sport Aid one. You have to do a mile!! Think I could manage that as its walking!!