Well, I completed Dublin and while I could say it was a disaster – I’ll say it didn’t go as planned and when I accepted that, I really enjoyed the experience.

So the race didn’t go as planned and I’m putting to down to being sick, I lined up with the 3:10 pacers and I stuck with them for 10 miles, actually feeling ok, but at 10 miles both my hips became like rocks and striding was difficult. Looking at my pace, I really came unstuck by mile 17 when I was run/walking the race.

When I came unstuck and the idea of hitting my desired result was lost – I actually started to enjoy (wow, I can’t believe I’m using that word) the event. I started to high 5 every kid I could, I started to take all the sweets on offer, so while I was in pain I enjoyed the event.

My recovery was very fast even if it wasn’t ideal – I was in Madrid the following day (Tuesday/Wednesday) and Bonn on the Thursday/Friday – I was actually perfect by the Wednesday night.

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