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🇱🇻Lliswerry Runners: Chair & Coach
Double WMM Six Star Finisher ‘18 ‘25 💫
Eight Star Finisher ‘26 💫
35 Marathons - PB: 3:17:25
Next 🎯: TBC

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LONDON 2023 🇬🇧

You did not disappoint 🤩

Number 10 was always about the finish line not the finish time, so the time was an extra bonus. Improved GFA & BQ 💥

The weather was 👌☔️

The crowds were incredible 🙌

The Lliswerry support was next-level 🇱🇻thanks @louise_elizabeth_83 @anto1nette @jamesbod87 @tracey_arthur_23

Then seeing one of your oldest mates smash it out of the park on very limited training after moving house on Friday, so proud 😍 @wilkowilkes8

Massive thanks to all my teammates @lliswerryrunners & the legend that is @gilly_467 who sorts out all my marathon chaos 😂

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#tcslondonmarathon #marathon
#tcslondonmarathon2023 #marathoner #londonmarathon2023 #medalmonday
#gfa #bq #marathonfinisher #marathonmotivation #londonmarathon #weruntogether #victorylap #finishlinesnotfinishtimes
#instarun #instarunners #instarunnerswales #runhappy #runnersofinstagram #ukrunning
#wmmajors #sixstarfinisher taken in London, United Kingdom by @laud_runs

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3 years ago

Finally it’s arrived! Now the decorating is done these need pride of place in the lounge #sixstarfinishers #abbotworldmarathonmajors #lliswerryrunners #itsallaboutthemarathon#runner #anythingispossible #londonmarathon #bostonmarathon2016 #chicagomarathon2018🇺🇸 #newyorkcitymarathon2017 #tokyomarathon #berlinmarathon taken in Cardiff by @laud_runs

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7 years ago

Thankyou Berlin for giving me the fairytale marathon 🇩🇪😍

Too many times over the last three years I’ve heard ‘maybe you should find a different sport, running isn’t everything’.

I refused to give it up, hamstring surgery & a broken ankle have delayed marathon 25 by 3 years, but this one meant more than any of the others. I’m not ashamed to say I burst into tears crossing the finish line with sheer relief that my marathon legs are back 😍

Thankyou Berlin for giving me a GFA & a BQ, you absolutely delivered 🤩

🤞 next stop is London 2023 🤞😍

Thanks to everyone who’s supported me through this injury with all your positive messages but to @gilly_467 I’ll never be able to Thankyou enough, you’ve been there everyday when I’ve been utterly insufferable at times, you’re the true Berlin legend 😍

#berlinmarathon #londonmarathon #marathontraining #marathon #impossibleisnothing #dreammarathon #marathonrunner #marathonrunners #gfa #bq #nevergiveup #lliswerryrunners #berlinlegend #runner #runnersofinstagram #runnerlife #runningmotivation #hamstringsurgery #proximalhamstringtendinopathy #rebound taken in Berlin, Germany by @laud_runs

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4 years ago

Berlin #35 🇩🇪

A tough one, but another finish line I’m so grateful for.

Turns out, that finish line feeling never gets old 🤩

Hard work. Big Smiles. Can’t wait to do this all again in 2027
#marathon #berlin #run race taken in BERLIN-MARATHON by @laud_runs

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18 days ago

Berlin, thank you again 🇩🇪
Marathon 35: DONE 🏅

Not going to sugar-coat it, that was HARD.

For weeks I’ve felt like I’m fuelling the engine but someone’s nicked the accelerator, so I genuinely had no idea what today would bring. If you’d offered me sub-4 this morning, I’d have bitten your hand off.

3:54:32 And I’m properly proud of that one. ❤️

I had to work for every bloody mile and there were plenty of moments my body was screaming to stop. But I didn’t.

My 3rd Berlin, comfortably my slowest, and probably the one that taught me the most.

Sometimes the graft is the good bit. 🙌

My weather jinx continues 🫠☀️

#marathon #berlinmarathon #grind #run #runhappy by @laud_runs

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22 days ago

Marathon 35 Eve 🇩🇪

Every start line is a gift, and getting there is never a given.

This block’s been a bit dodgy, and discovering on Wednesday that my ferritin is on the floor wasn’t exactly ideal timing 😂 But it does explain a few things…

So tomorrow: no heroics, no silly business. Sensible pace, soak up Berlin and enjoy marathon #35.

If it gets as tough as expected, we grind. If the legs miraculously turn up… lovely stuff.

See you tomorrow Berlin 🇩🇪🔥

#marathon #marathontraining #run #raceday taken in Berlin, Germany by @laud_runs

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23 days ago

💫 STAR #9; SHANGHAI 2027 IS ON 💫

Saw yesterday there were guaranteed Shanghai spots up for grabs and thought… Laud’s having one of those.

Queued for over an hour before the expo opened. All very civilised… until 10 minutes before opening when it descended into absolute carnage 😂

Doors opened at 10am and I SPRINTED 1km through the expo, in jeans, casual trainers and NO SPORTS BRA, to get in line for one of just FIVE spots.

A truly harrowing athletic performance. 😂

BUT I GOT ONE!!! 🤩🇨🇳🔥

How bloody lucky am I?!

8 stars becomes 9 in 2027 💫⭐️

谢谢上海马拉松！ 🇨🇳

#marathon #shanghai #sixstarfinisher #run taken in Berlin, Germany by @laud_runs

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25 days ago

Jumping on the bandwagon… but as a soon-to-be (hopefully 🤞) 3 x Berlin Marathon finisher, here are a few VERY important top tips nobody asked for…

1. Bring your strongest stomach on race morning.
The portaloos at Berlin are RANK. I can only assume the inline skate marathon the day before involves just as much nervous crapping because… wow. Prepare yourself. 🤢

2. The race village is BIG.
And not always overly obvious to navigate. Keep wandering and you will find more toilets. Ladies, if all else fails… a wheelie-bin liner and the woods may become your best friends. 🤭
You’ll understand when you get there.

3. Go and watch the inline skate marathon!
It’s on the day before and those guys are FAST. And apparently if you’re not quite fast enough, you just get a tow. 😂
Honestly, it’s ridiculously impressive and well worth watching.

4. The expo is organised chaos.
Berlin does love a chaotic expo and now it’s back at Tempelhof, expect queues at peak times. That said, they’ve streamlined it massively, today was MUCH better than my previous Berlin experiences. 👏

5. THE BRANDENBURG GATE IS NOT THE FINISH LINE.
Yes, you’ve heard it 1,000 times. No, you still won’t believe how far away the actual finish looks when you get through it. 😂

If you’re an 800m specialist, absolutely send it when you see the Gate.

If you’re a normal marathon runner with 42km already in your legs… WAIT until you can see the actual finish line and clock before unleashing your heroic sprint.

Much better to cross the line celebrating than arrive there wobbling like a newborn giraffe on lactic-filled legs. 🦒

Berlin veterans, what have I missed? 👇
And Berlin first-timers… what are you most nervous/excited about? 🇩🇪

#BerlinMarathon #BerlinMarathon2026 #BerlinLegend #marathontips #roadtoberlin taken in Berlin, Germany by @laud_runs

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25 days ago

One week to marathon #35🇩🇪

This block has been a collection of minor niggles followed by several weeks of feeling absolutely dreadful on every run.

But I’m getting to that start line, running through Berlin for the third time and enjoying every second of it.

The next race is never guaranteed.

Berlin Legend, here we come ⭐️🇩🇪💫

#run #marathon #marathontraining #raceday taken in Cardiff, Wales (UK) by @laud_runs

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a month ago

This one’s for the runners in their 40s who aren’t getting faster.

Eight years ago: 1:37 half.
Today: 1:55.

Same course. Similar weight. Similar training. Similar conditions. Nearly 20% slower. Excellent. 👌

Instagram would have you believe we’re all ageing backwards and smashing PBs. Some of us are just putting in the same bloody work for slower times.

I’m going to investigate why, because I’m not quite ready to file it under “old now, unlucky.”

But I still love the training, the grind and showing up.

If the clock’s heading the wrong way but you’re still putting the work in, I HEAR YOU…Anyone else 🙋🏻‍♀️

Still here. Still running. Still bloody trying. ❤️

#runninginyour40’s #mastersrunning #run #runhappy #keeprunning taken in Lake Vyrnwy by @laud_runs

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a month ago

3 weeks to Berlin 🇩🇪 and the last 3 weeks have been… suboptimal

A few issues have turned an already questionable training block on its head, so we’re officially in survival mode.

BUT 20 tough miles banked in South Cheshire yesterday. Last Sunday I couldn’t manage 2 and this is the first time in 3 months I’ve managed to wear a sock over my ankle so I’ll take this as a massive win 🙌

20 miles of training ✔️
Race-day poses practised ✔️📸
Berlin now a fun day out ✔️

#marathon #marathontraining #race #run taken in South Cheshire by @laud_runs

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a month ago

5 weeks to Berlin 🇩🇪

After probably my best training block in years this spring, this summer has been… a bit of a rollercoaster 🎢

Easy runs? Feel absolutely horrendous.
The dreaded hard sessions? Somehow going better than expected.

I genuinely have no idea what’s going to happen on race day…but praying at the very least for no heatwave 🙏

#marathon #marathontraining #run taken in Cardiff, Wales (UK) by @laud_runs

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