muffin top with a camels toe: sexy

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I don’t look good in lycra. In fact my c section stomach means I can’t find any decent running shorts to actually stay up. Instead I have to fasten my sexy running leggings tightly round my waist creating a rather glamorous muffin top with a beautiful camel’s toe down below.

But this was the look I chose this morning as I headed to the start of the Reading half marathon. Randomly I was joined by friends from all different walks of life. My lovely friend whom I met in the states twelve years who makes me giggle with the remarkably daft things she can say. For example as we shivered inside bin bags for warmth prior to the race start she questioned where the arm holes were? I also ran with my running buddy who forced me to sign up for the marathon against all my better judgement and a new friend, Mel, who I met in twitterland. My mum was particularly worried about me meeting Mel as she worried she may be a hairy old man who trailed twitter looking for vulnerable young ladies like myself to kidnap and have their wicked way with. My mum will be pleased to know Mel is a rather fabulous lady who shares my stupid desire to run long distances for charity.

To be honest the race was brutal, I am a firm believer that the reason man invented cars and trains was to put an end to people running further than the bus stop; so running 13 miles in under two hours does not sit well with me. But I did it, to be honest if it hadn’t been for jelly babies, my competitive nature to not let my running buddy beat me and seeing the reasons why other people run I don’t think I would have ran all the way.

The charity element of the race was tremendous, runners everywhere displayed messages to loved ones who they were running in support of or in many cases in memory of. When the going got tough, particularly at mile eleven when the wind decided to attack me I turned my thoughts to the little boy I run on behalf of and he carried me for a while. The rest of the race I ran on euphoria as I saw the end in sight.

One hour fifty nine minutes from start to finish, not bad for a fat bird who had a baby nine months ago.

Am off now to present my medal to my kids, they think it means I won; I choose not to disillusion them!

Four weeks till London; please sponsor me and help save a life.

www.justgiving.com/jane-blackmore

30 thoughts on “muffin top with a camels toe: sexy”

  2. Brilliant job! When I used to live in town I’d watch the Reading Half Marathon runners jog past and pity them while I enjoyed my bacon sandwich. I salute you! Makes my one hour bootcamp training sessions pale in comparison.

  3. You absolute Star!!
    What an achievement Lady, I am in awe.
    Piling on the respect all the way from Germany and wishing you the best of luck with the biggie. You can do it. And I know you will.
    MJM xx

  4. Oh well done on the sub 2 hour time! I once ran the race for life ( 5km version) when I was 12 weeks pregnant with no 3,
    and fell over 17 times. I could say that’s my excuse for never running again but really I’m just too fat and my knees are too old.
    I have sponsored you though.

  5. Well Done and if your Mum asks I can send several forms of ID and references proving I am a deranged, tired c sectioned Mummy not a bearded old man *cough Gemma cough*! X

  8. I am so impressed with your ability to run that far. I seem to have hit a block with my running, do you have any advice? I can get to 5k and I then hit a block and can do no more. Any tips? I really enjoy running so it’s a shame I can’t do a bit more with it, taking some inspiration from people like you who do these wonderful things for charity.

    • my only advice is to go five minutes further each time, so you are not ‘living in fear’ of the distance. add on five mins one run then run 5k the next then add on 10 mins, then run 5k, then add on 15 mins, then run 5.5k the next time and so on – get the drift?

      good luck 🙂

  9. So proud of you lovely! You are amazing and I really admire you 🙂 I couldn’t manage 10K today and stopped at 9K so can’t imagine what stamina it took to do 21K! Brilliant xxx

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