Ironbridge Half Marathon

Well it's been a long time since I did a blog post and since then I've been running mostly with the usual Tuesday nights bouldering.  I've tried to sort out trips to get the last of the winter in at Wales/Lakes and Scotland but have had no success for various reasons :(

Anyway, I did the Ironbridge Half in 2:14, a shite time :(  I was aiming for 1:50 and I thought 1:55 was very doable.  I lost a lot of sleep over Friday and Saturday night because one of our cats got run over which was distressing so I started tired and the photo of me crossing the Ironbridge shows it!  I ran a PB 10k on Monday of 52 minutes (I'm sure I can get a 50 min time).  My watch ran out of battery on the half (a catalog of problems on the morning!) so I only recorded the first 6 miles which came in around 55 mins ( I was surprised because I felt awful!).  Anyway here is a photo of me looking crap!

Check out the bags under my eyes! Me crossing the Ironbridge, half way through.

My feet might look static but I was running :)

Anyway I am very keen to get out again and prove I'm not making excuses although I do feel I need to consolidate at the half marathon distance as the last 3 miles were tough.  Watch this space, I'm planning on doing an LDWA event soon so longer and slower!