Llandudno 5k Easter Saturday!

Hello everyone…

So you may have noticed that ive been a little bit absent for the last few weeks, the reason? Well its been exam time and ive been busy away with that! all finished now though which is great! 

So whilst I have been gone! Me and my mother has completed the Llandudno 5k run in Animal onesies! My mum did it in a duck due to being called ‘Duck’ as her name being a cub leader! And I did it in a Nemo onesie to represent the orange team!

Over all it was a very nice little race! The sun was out meaning that it was very hot and my onsie got stripped on the way round! Bit slower than for me at 35mins but I did stop to talk to mum at around 3.5 k as she was going the other way! reckon if I hadn’t of done that I would have got pb!  Next run though I must remember sun cream as I badly burnt my face during the day!  

My mum did her 5K [or there abouts] in 45mins and 11sec. she did seem to walk a lot more than run, and the running seem to take place when she could see me…  but even so she did an amazing job and a well earned medal alike!  

This event was very well organised! And friendly marshals ect, a great run along the front [not sure what it would be like with bad weather though] and well worth doing it again next year! One things for sure I don’t want to do a run in a onsie in a hurry!

All of this was for all the amazing Child-flight and all donations would be very much appreciated to support us along the way! mum is going to be running further races later on in the year and I still have several races to go on my 14 in 1 challenge!  We are 40% at the target so far and a massive thankyou to those who have already supported me in this.  

our virgin giving page is linked to on the right 

mum's running journey!

hello everyone, bit of a quite week for me this week as seem to have injured top of foot.. better as time has passed so hopefully going to get to a training run tomorrow! so i asked my mum to write this weeks blog post... and this is what she has wrote.... 

We'll six weeks to go 

Have earned my first medal for a 2 k walk

I've now stopped counting lampposts and up to timing three minutes with a two min walk between

Looking forward to doing my first 5k after 30 years

Will see you in Llandudno in my duck onsie

short bu sweet... was meant to be about how shes found joining the jogging pals, a local couch to 5 k training programme to introduce people to jogging and how she feels she has progressed.. also to explain why she has decided to take up running.. maybe shell do another post sometimes?? 

anyway, she has decided to share my fundraising page over on the virgin site, to help me raise vital funds for the amazing charity that is child-flight! she has set a target at £200 pounds [please leave in the comments its for ali/duck] and please help her as it will mean masses if she reaches it! [i'll chuck a £10 in to start off]  

8 days till my next 10k! things cross my toe fixes its-self! 

Tatton park 10k.

Tatton park 10k.

Today was my first ever 10k run! And in short this was a fantastic run and a fantastic little day out!  Those who have followed the blog will know I’ve been a bit behind on training. The furthest I had ran beforehand was 8k, in 1hour and 12 minutes.  However I invested in a foam roller, compression socks and hoped for the best. The Nike Plus App on my i-phone was estimating I would do a 10k in 1hours and 35mins, so went into the run  hoping to do anything better than that!

The chip timing of the race records that I completed the race in 1hours, 16mins and 32seconds…. Yay! Celebration all around!

So a-bit about the race, it was around the Tatton park estate, mainly ran on grass across fields and also through wood land with several fallen trees and branches across the path. Recent weather has been very wet and windy; therefore this resulted in rather a muddy and slippery surface. Also a lot of the race turned out to be uphill, only one steepest hill but most was steadily inclines and with what felt like little down bits.  In short, think this course would be a on par with a tough mudder / mud run! Was nearly calf high at one point!  

I managed to run the first 5k well, slower than I would have liked at 36mins but had a steady pace at 7 – 7.3mins/k, I waked for half a k post water station and began to struggle slowly after that, and did walk a bit run a bit,  my ankle also began to throb through this but worked though! Still throbs so hoping it calms down if rested the next few days.  I would talk about elevation and pace in this bit but my Nike app will not sync for some reason off my phone will update, when I can, if I can!

And a big shout out to my mother! Who is in training for a 5k run in april and has even joined a local running club to build up her fitness. She did the 2k walk today whilst I was doing the 10k, she even ot a little medal! [the same one us 10kers got]! She is also supporting Childflight in her fundraising so please support us both! Sharing sponsorship page! She is doing the 5k in her duck onsie!.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/myscrambledlegs

thankyou to everyone who has supported me and sponsored me so far! even a little will go a long way!

Run facts:-

distance :- 10k

time:- 1hour, 16mins 32 seconds. 

surface:- trail, muddy/hilly. 

equipment:- compressionsocks.

momento:- medal [with orange strap! yay.]

rating. 7/10 

repeat/recommend? yes.