Pink hair dye, rain and running

(Me before the race when it was sunny!)

So for those of you who have had no contact with me or just managed to avoid me will not no what everyone else does - namely that I ran in the Great South Run for a South Africain Charity (South African Sustainable Development Initivitive) last Sunday and dyed my hair pink for the event. The hair looked great, my parents found me easily, I was on telly and people have said they liked it ..... what I have learnt through my hair dying, running experience is that

1) make sure you wash the dye properly, I did it at 3am and was fed up so half washed it and thought it will be ok...yeah it ur tipped it down all through the race and the stuff I hadn't washed out properly ran as well...all down my neck, back and ipod head phone things and bra...great.

2) Plastic Ponchoes are not the way forward, well extra large size isn't anyway and they are definetly not sexy or flattering! I wore one, becuase it rained so much and whilst this kept me mostly dry and good I think I should have been less of a whimp. (This si the photo of me running down the finishing straight).

3) I want to keep running - marathons here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This quite disturbing photo was me at 5 and 1/2 miles and I was so pleased to see my parents watching I started being an idiot, so the photo looks strange ...but what photos of me don't!?

My finishing time was 1 hour 37 minutes 50 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My position was 6015 out of 18,000!!!!!! Sorry but both are amazing, becuase the furthest I ran was 8 miles twice.

If you want to sponser me please do! and Enjoy laughing at the photos!