Samara 🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

Half marathon progress 🤠 I was scraping 2 hour half marathon for ages, didn’t seem to really get any faster and it didn’t get any easier either Then fast forward to 2025 and training for the London Marathon -> I actually ran a slight half marathon PB during a training run, and then during the London marathon itself suddenly ran a high 1:51 ??!! Entered a local race in November 2025. It was essentially two out and backs along a quiet section of bike path. Ran the whole thing on my own, felt surprisingly comfortable and unexpectedly finished in 1:48 - my first ever sub 1:50!! In March 2026 I ran Gloucester half marathon. I liked the idea of running a 1:45 but I didn’t think it was even remotely realistic, until I cross the line in 1:42?? where did that come from?? Then last week at the Cardiff half marathon I somehow smiled my way through the whole race at an average pace of 4:38/km and finished with a 1:38 🤯 I’m really excited to see what 2027 brings, and I genuinely feel like a sub 1:35 is on the cards reasonably soon 😅😅 #halfmarathon #pb #raceday #runningprogress