The Wolverhampton Marathon was my 23rd Marathon, my 3rd of 4 Marathons within 3 weeks! It's a 2 lap course. Must say everyone involved in this run were very friendly and the organisation couldn't be faulted. Top group of people! The only difficulty I had, was trying to reach Wolverhampton on time for the race. Unfortunately it wasn't the most convenient races for me to attend, as the earliest train from Coventry/Birmingham wouldn't arrive on time for my Sunday morning marathon start time. I need to thank 'Mark Reid' for getting up bright and early and offering me a lift to the venue, bless his cotton socks; he drove me all the way from Coventry to Wolverhampton - What a Champ!
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| Before the RUN - With The OFFICIAL CARVERS Charity Volunteers! - 2nd September 2012 |
Overall the Marathon course was quite varied; urban, estates, country; it passes major pottery factories and the wolves ground too. You get a general feel for the place and get to take in some historical sites too on this run, so well worth it. I started the run off nicely and steadily and just as I was reaching a few miles off the half way mark, I met brother - Martin and Chris. We ran together for a while at a comfortable pace, I guess we chatted more than we should have and lost our pace a little. Chris started having stiff calf muscles so was taking a very steady pace with this run and quite rightly, having regular stretching intervals... Martin eventually started having similar problems and we parted ways at Mile 18. At this point, I had to force myself to pick up the pace a little to my usual speed, this was hard work - my rhythm was lost and concentration. This was a nice social run for me, as I kept meeting quite a few friends from previous events here, so would definitely run this one again.
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| RUNNING - The BOTTLE hit the 'M' |
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| At the FINISH Line................ |
West Park, Wolverhampton |
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| No better way to RELAX on an ICE~CREAM at the FINISH........... Yummy!! XxX |
Generally the weather was fairly warm, my usual 2 layers of clothing was comfortable enough and kept the chills out. Towards the end was feeling a little peckish, I had ONE Ninebar, 2 Sports Gels and loads of JELLY BABIES to keep me fueled up.
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| FINISH Medal - My Official CHIP Time was : 5 Hours, 24 Minutes & 17 Seconds!! |
The day after the RUN, I had no aches or pains and for once I wasn't limping. A little bruising after the run but that's to be expected. Was very pleased that the blisters from last run were healing nicely and had't been worsened by this run. I won't hold my breath though, I'm expecting that my blister free toes won't last long and I'll soon be soaking them in pain again...
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| Distributing the GOODY Bags at the GREGGS Truck!! |
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| The Goody Bag |
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| FINISHERS T-Shirt (Which I wore back to London in after the Marathon) |
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