Half Marathon Day!!

Heya guys!!

So today was our half marathon day! the lead up to today has been pretty up and down. We didnt run as much as we should (surprise surprise!), shona went on holiday to Manchester all week and i caught a cold. i spent yesterday lying on the couch feeling ridiculously sorry for myself and wondering how on earth i was gonna make 13.1miles when i could hardly get off the sofa!? So i started taking a ridiculous amount of medications and vitamins to try kick it...

We both struggled to sleep last night - nerves, excitement, who knows?! i got to sleep around 2am and woke up at 5.45 all raring to go (well, after my decongestants, berocca, zinc, multi vitamins, iron and omega 3 tablets!).

We had to stand all the way to Glasgow on the train as it was packed full of runners - not good for the feet prior to running surely! then we had an hour to hang around at the startline to get properly nervous. we kept saying that we'd be fine, but it was pretty clear that we weren't feeling all that confident and were wishing we'd trained harder and skived less! We also spent a fair amount of time trying to find other chubbers we might be able to run alongside, or even beat!! to our dismay, there werent that many. Cue panic....

So we ran. This bit is going to be short and sweet because mum's requested no swearing in the blog; and without the swearwords to be honest there's not so much we can say about the run.... Long story short; we ran, we swore, we drank lucozade gel (which is incidentally like drinking orange flavoured phlegm!) and we ran and swore a whole lot more.

We ran together for the first 11miles, where our paces changed a bit and we were both struggling to find a happy middleground, so we separated. It was so much harder alone, with no one to moan and swear to!!

So eventually, 2hrs 40 and 2hrs 45 minutes after starting we had completed our first ever (and quite possibly last ever) half marathon!! WOOOOO!!!!!

then began the hobble home. oh the pain!! :( luckily we got a seat on the train and managed a wee nap, then we got a taxi from station back to mine (via M&S garage to stock up on food and cider for the evening)

That brings us to around now. We're both in our own flats, had a hot bath/shower and eaten some tasty food. And other than our battered, blistered and bruised bodies, we're feeling pretty pleased with ourselves.

We'd just like to finish by saying a big thank you to everyone who had faith in us, even when we didn't! And also a massive thanks to all of you who have donated money to MND Scotland in return for our agonising 13.1mile run!

There's still time to donate though, if you happen to be somewhat impressed by our adventures. http://www.justgiving.com/Clair-and-Shona-McAdam

Finally, watch this space. Our first event is over, which means its time to start planning some new activities/events to keep the fund rolling in...

Muchos love
The very tired, sore but proud McAdam Sisters :D
xxx