I've done it!!!

Wow! that was THE most amazing experience EVER!!! Totally feeling the pain now, my legs and shoulders are really achy. My legs especially when I go down stairs. It was well worth it though.

Well I think you lose all your dignity when doing an event like this. traffic was quite bad coming down to the bay so didn't have time to wait in the queue for the loos. Heard some people saying they were going to find some bushes and thought it was a good idea. Ended up peeing in a pretty public bush with ryan standing in front of me.

The first 5miles were really good, didn't feel it tbh and did it in just under 1hour. Had to stop for a pee, twice!! Once in the bushes and once in the mens loos cos couldn't be bothered waiting in the queue for womans.

After I got past the 6mile mark I start feeling really sick and faint. Really didn't know if i'd be able to carry on running. Got some powerade not long after that and it was amazing. Totally had a power boost then, I love that stuff.

Needed to stop for a pee again just past the 8mile mark, not suprising considering how much powerade I just drank :) The view around the bay in the last few miles was pretty amazing but my legs were seriously aching. Every time I tried stopping to stretch them they just felt even worse. I kept telling myself it was only another 2.5 miles to go (a distance i've easily done before) but my legs just couldn't take it and the only thing keeping me going was remembering what (and who) I was doing this for. It's amazing how long you can keep going when you think about who you're doing it for.

The final mile was the longest mile of my life!!! Got back to the bay and to the start line at just over 12miles. Then we had to run past the finish line, up to what felt like back to the city centre!!! then head back into the bay for the finish line. Had to stop and walk for last part of the straight past the finish line then made a run for it when we came back down again.

Finished in a chip time of 2:31:27

It was an amazing experience and would definitely do it again. There were some really good costumes around, a few people carrying a thomas the tank engine, two people dressed up as bananas and loads of other stuff, it was pretty cool to look at and the enthusiasm from the crowd when they saw them was pretty immense. Definitely going to do it next year.