Marathon Update - It's Over!

Wednesday, 11 May 2011 13:10  |  Web master

Well – I did it.  It wasn’t fast, and it wasn’t pretty, but I ran, jogged, walked and stumbled 26.2 miles of hot London streets, and I can now call myself a marathon runner.

I had set myself three possible time goals – an “ideal” of 5:15, a “desirable” of 5:30, and a “satisfactory” of 5:45.  In the end, I managed 5:28:45, so I was bang on target, and very pleased.

 I was also very tired.  I am still very tired.  I expect to be tired for the rest of my life.  I am fitter than I have ever been, yet I still want to go to bed at 9.00, and I haven’t managed to run more than 4 miles at once since the big day.  Still, I am sure it has helped me bank a few more years of good health, so I am feeling chipper.  The accepted wisdom is that it takes one day per mile to recover from a big run, so by the time of the conference I should be back to normal.

 The support from Age UK was excellent, and I now have a taste of the services they can provide.  I hope someone looks after me as well in my old age as they did on the day.  It is a privilege and honour to be able to repay them via my sponsorship monies.

 So finally – a big thank you to everyone who supported me, either with kind words or hard cash.  I had a blast. 

PS – you can still read my blog at http://lizjones4ageuk.blogspot.com/, and can still donate at http://justgiving.com/LizJones1