Natalie Jarvis

21.1km?.... sure!

Tuesday 31st Mar As many of you know, I "run" regularly for fitness and because I enjoy it. I usually go out 3 times a week for between 7-10km runs with Carlton or Anne. When I was asked to join Shannon for the Berlin half marathon with about a month's notice,  friends and family doubted that I could do it! That only motivated me further and I started to train immediately by increasing the distance of my runs.  I surprised myself to find that it actually was really doable! It was hard to get a place in the Berlin half marathon, but Shannon found a way and away we went! I hadn't run a half marathon since 2013, and not one to this scale, and my p.b was previously 2hrs22. Race day came and what an amazing,  fun,  buzzing experience that was! We ran it in 2hrs13, a p.b for us both! Running with 43,000 other people in streets lined with people and entertainment was like nothing I've ever experienced before! It didn't take much convincing to get me signed up for another one,  or two or five.....we have to get the big golden Super Halfs medal after all! Share