Last weekend I completed the 4th Great Manchester Run. Unlike last year, I didn’t manage to run the full distance. Running is very much a battle of wits, and having stopped midway for a quick toilet break, having made that stop once made it easier to convince myself that I could stop again during the later stages of the race.
I still managed to run about 80% of the course distance however, and finishing with a time of 1:17:19 - only 5 minutes slower than last year. Of course that fact now means I wish I had run the full distance, but with little and poor preparation, that was always going to be difficult.
You can see my photos from the day on Flickr - my apologies for the subject matter being a little self involved ;-)
Finally a big big thank-you to everybody who sponsored me. I reached my target (and when you add Gift Aid the total figure is £393.01) However, donations can still be made on my fund raising page for the next month, and I urge you to do so if you haven’t already: http://www.justgiving.com/lloydyrunforsimone/
Simone’s Tribute Fund now stands at £1,611.75. I hope my little contribution made her proud :-)
Next up is Run for Moore, and I’m taking donations now (I may even adjust my target - Alexei might say I was moving the goal posts, but then he always did like a good pun)!
You can donate online at: http://www.justgiving.com/lloydyrunformoore/
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Ouch, my legs hurt from just reading that! You are an inspiration.
Ew, sick. Sweaty pictures of sweaty people going on a sweaty run. Ha, just kidding. No, but seriously. You're sweaty. But you were running, so what the hey!
Alright, fine, that was all mean what I said. :). That's a really good thing how you could get out there and run like that. I'm in track, but no way on Earth would I ever be able to run 10 kilometres non-stop. As Krystyn said... "You are an inspiration". Well, I guess kind of. But that doesn't mean I'm going to go run 10km.
Nice writing, and nice pictures by the way!
Keep up the great work on your blog. Best wishes WaltDe