01/05/2025
Entered a marathon, probably just needed a hug!'
The signs kept me going but the hugs gave me life.
And that incredible support dragged me to the finish line with just short of £3,000 for 😲 🐼
I hope I made you proud my little girls, that one was for you! ❤️
I cannot put into words how hard it was out there. With my training cut short through injury & my longest run (7 weeks ago) being 2hrs 45mins, hard was to be expected. But I wasn't expecting that! 😵💫
My heart rate wouldn't settle from the start, thanks to a virus during taper week, and as I passed paramedic tents often containing 4+ people, I knew if I kept pushing there was a chance I wasn't going to finish.
I fought with myself for at least a mile, willing my body to find something, before putting my ego aside & letting go of a time.
The 2nd half was painful, there wasn't a muscle in my legs that didn't cramp at some point, starting at mile 12!! But having changed my mindset, I opened up the idea of a different concept...maybe I could enjoy this?!
I got some great videos of iconic parts of London, selfies with the most amazing friends and family, read all the signs, actually smiled and realized, looking around, this event goes deeper than 26.2miles.
The emotion of everyone's purpose, their why, their journey to be here, was evident on every face, banner, T-shirt & cheer. It was special to be a part of.
It wasn't the race I envisaged when I entered & I'm too competitive to ever say my goal was 'to finish' but, The London Marathon, you are bigger than your distance and crossing that line marked the end of an insanely intense period of my life....and you know, I am proud to have made it!
