"The half marathon was incredibly challenging, since I had not trained at all," she said on her Facebook page. "And when I say at all, I mean I hadn't run even 50 metres all year since the last half marathon."
Although the supermodel struggled when she reached the eight km mark, she persevered in order to raise funds for her charity the Naked Heart Foundation - founded in 2005 to provide safe environments for children to grow up in urban Russia.
"As always, the mind has to overcome the body," she said. "And just when I needed it I got second wind. Fifth to eighth km went really easily and on the eighth a huge struggle started. I remember that uphill from the previous years. It's like facing blizzard mixed with strong wind and dressed really lightly knowing that home is still far, far away."
Despite adverse weather, Vodianova maintains the run was still very much a positive experience - and the next morning opened and closed the Stella McCartney show.
"If you never experienced the race like this, then you are missing out big time on this incredible feeling when you cross the finishing line - especially if your entire family is waiting for you on the other side," she explained.
ELLA ALEXANDER 06 March 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2012/03/06/natalia-vodianova-runs-paris-half-marathon
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