Sunday saw the return of Loughborough Half Marathon. A combination of beautiful sunshine, streets lined with cheering supporters, over 500 excited runners ready to race and 8 months of intense preparations meant the day surpassed all expectations. My part in the race began several months a go when I agreed to sponsor the event in aid of local domestic abuse charity Living Without Abuse. I designed 2 training programmes that were available to download for free, recorded training podcasts, wrote a beginners guide to running a Half Marathon and since the start of the year I sent out weekly training newsletters to help all participants as well as leading a weekly running group in the build up to race day. Last Sunday, finally race day had arrived and I was keen to see all the hard work pay off - including my own training efforts. I had also agreed to lead the group warm up on stage which was a great way of getting everyone fired up and ready to race. The race began at 9am and 1 hour and 25 minutes later I was back at the Market Place having finished 1st female! Super impressed with my time (10 minutes quicker than the time I was hoping for and 12 minutes quicker than my last Half Marathon in October!) all my emotions got the better of me and the tears started. My fast finish ahead of 12 other Team 168 runners meant that I had time to get my breath back and welcome the other runners as they finished in personal best times. Overall, the day received a tremendous amount of feedback and many runners have already registered their interest for net year's race (you can do that here). I am so proud to have been involved in the organisation of the Loughborough Half and apparently I have to be involved again next year to defend my title of being the fastest female Half Marathon runner in Loughborough!
What a fantastic start to the week! My recovery included a busy Monday morning of Personal Training clients; a school Bounce-athon at Sutton Bonington on Tuesday which was fantastic in the sunshine; a day of school workshops hosted by Loughborough University on Wednesday with me talking about Sports Nutrition to over 100 Sports Scientists; a new Bounce session with Olympic swimmers Liam Tancock, Lizzie Simmonds, & co. and finally this morning a fab Bounce session with a group of Girl Guides in Loughborough. Call that recovery, ey?!
Next week is less busy busy, but probably more tiring than ever as I shall be leading the Easter holiday Kids Camp on behalf of Fit For Sport at Sutton-in-Ashfield's Lammas Leisure Centre. Then it's Easter weekend when I'll be personal training - helping clients burn off the chocolate eggs! - and back to Kids Camp on Tuesday for week 2.
I shall update again in a couple of weeks when I've recovered from Kids Camp. Finally, the total Fitness 10,000 count so far... Over 6,500 people!!
Have a good Easter - follow our top tips for burning off those Easter treats via Facebook of Twitter
Becky :-)
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