26.2 MILES ON A TREADMILL

HALF WAY THROUGH

LAST WEEKEND I SWAPED MY NORMAL RUNNING CLOTHES AND DONNED A FULL FIREMAN OUTFIT COMPLETE WITH BREATHING EQUIPMENT READY TO RUN A FULL 26.2 MARATHON TO RAISE MONEY FOR MY CHOSEN CHARITY WHICH IM DOING THE IRONMAN FOR TY-HAFAN.
THANKS TO THE ATLANTIC DASH BOYS WHO IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO ROW THE ATLANTIC IN A BOAT, MORE INFO ON THAT HERE www.atlanticdash.co.uk . THEY LET ME JOIN INN ON THEIR SUPERMARKET (TESCO) RUNS BUT FOR SOME SILLY REASON I WANTED TO DO THE FULL MARATHON NON STOP. I HADNT TRAINED FOR IT APART FROM THE IRONMAN TRAINING IVE BEEN DOING ALREADY SO IT WAS A SHOCK WHEN I PUT ON THE WHOLE OUTFIT AND REALISED HOW MUCH THE STUFF WEIGHED.

IT WAS TOO LATE AS I SAID I WAS GONNA DO IT SO AWAY I WENT ONTO THE TREADMILL AND STARTED RUNNING. 5 MILES INTO THE RUN I WAS SWEATING MY BALLS OFF BUT WAS FEELING OK. I GOT PASSED THE HALF MARATHON MARK AND WAS STARTING TO FEEL IT BIG TIME THEN AS I HIT THE 20 MILE MARK I HIT “THE WALL” AND FELT SICK BUT MANAGED TO KEEP IT IN AND FIGHT PAST IT ALL. IN THE END I MANAGED TO FINISH IT IN 6 HOURS.

FINISHED AND FUCKED

GETTING OFF THE TREADMILL WAS FUN AS I COULD HARDLY WALK BUT WE MANAGED TO RAISE £1,100 BETWEEN US FOR OUR CHARITY’S. THANKS TO ALL THAT DONATED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TOWARDS OUR IRONMAN CHALLENGE YOU CAN DO SO VIA www.justgiving.com/swyd-ironman IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE SOME £££ FOR JOHN & KEV TOWARDS THEIR ATLANTIC DASH YOU CAN DO SO WITH THE WEB ADDRESS ABOVE.

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