Had the best day!! I followed your advice and barely looked at my watch so I just ran at a pace which felt good. I got the dreaded stitch again – it kept happening after everything I ate so I stuck to gels and took on lots of water and mum saved me with some paracetamol which helped a lot! It was such a brilliant race and so much fun – even on the hills. My watch stopped working when I joined the road runners and the signs for mileage were not the same for trails so I had no idea how long I had left to run. I didn’t even realise I went over the finish line hahahha overall brilliant day and thank you so so much for the programme, motivation and kind words of encouragement! It’s been fantastic being past of team orange 🍊 I’m sad I don’t have a plan to follow this week – but it will be nice to have some recovery time 🤣
Ah, I love this feedback. So glad you had such a lovely time. I think the splits at the end where you finished so strong show what a brilliant race you had. You’ve done incredible on this plan and to execute a first marathon that well, it’s almost unheard of. It’s been a blast and would love to keep working with you. All the hard work you put in certainly paid off today. Fantastic running Emily. We did see your mum the day before actually and I’m sure she is incredibly proud.