My First Half Marathon!

I did it!

After doing lots of training over the past few months, today was the big day - the Alloa Half Marathon. I completed 2 x 10k runs last year but decided to go for it and try for a half marathon this year. Several of my friends were doing it too, which really helped. Although we started together, it didn't take long for us to all find our own pace and we separated out.

I found it harder than I expected, not helped by the fact there was a strong wind blowing against us for much of the course. Then 2 hills very near the end, when I was flagging a bit anyway. But I did it - I finished! My official time is 02:11:57 which I'm really pleased with cos I'd been hoping for 02:20 or better!

Hubbie and Ethan were at the finish line, waving madly at me but I got a telling off cos apparently they were also waving at me earlier in the race and I didn't see them!

We then went over to the Falkirk Wheel to get Ethan a bit to eat and a charge around the playpark, before heading home.

Foreveryoung has now picked him up to take to her house for his weekly sleepover. I'm now going for a VERY long soak in the bath!