We did it!!

We ran the race and we got to our target! What a day it was, we had so much fun. Unfortunately our team, which started out as 7 ladies, had dwindled to just 3 by the time the day had come, with ladies dropping out for various reasons, so we had decided to take the Sconchlet round with us too, just for a bit of extra fun...

Karen, Trudy (my mum!) and I were geared up and ready for a run/walk/crawl in the lovely sun...

...Except the sun decided to disappear, and instead we left the house in the pouring rain!

Karen was less than impressed with the weather...

...and the rain had started to make Trudy a little crazy...

But dressed in our bunny ears and tutus, we got to the field, and with the support of Mr Sconch and my dad, we headed straight for the burger van to fill up on food! Well, the weather was miserable, so what else were we to do?!

It was at this point that the idea of bringing the Sconchlet round with us began to look like a really bad one. The realisation that the terrain was quite rough was unappealing enough, but to add to it, we had an overtired and VERY grumpy baby on our hands. Not even a pretty flower was cheering her up...

So at the last minute, we decided to leave her with her daddy and granddaddy, and hope that she stopped screaming her head off for them!

At the start line, the sun came out, and everyone started to cheer up (except the Sconchlet, she still had tears rolling down her face) and we did a quick team pose, in the most serious of fashions...

We don't look at all nervous, do we?

And then we were off...

Walking over the grounds of Hylands was far tougher than on the treadmill at the gym, and we felt the burn farily early on, making us all worry that we weren't going to make it round! However, we giggled our way through groups of pink clad ladies and every so often, even broke into a little jog! We even got so excited that somewhere at the 2km mark we all decided we could run the 10k next year...

We stayed together as a group until the 4km marker, then all made a break for it to try and run the last 1km. I had to keep stopping as waves of pain and nausea swept over me (obviously nothing to do with the sausage smothered in ketchup I had consumed just before starting), but as I ran down the home straight and saw dad, Mr Sconch and the Sconchlet waving at me, it made the pain momentarily disappear!

Obligatory unflattering 'action shot' of me running down the home straight...

We couldn't stop grinning as we reunited at the end to pose for a 'post run' shot...

We did it. And we have just gone past our £300 target! There is still time to sponsor us, you can follow this link here:

https://www.justgiving.com/ignite-ladies/

A big thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far, and given us words of encouragement.

Back to the gym on Wednesday... twice as far to run next year!

Sam x