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« Reply #360 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 10:35:57 »

Saw that mate.  I will sponsor you some time closer.  Just keep reminding us!
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« Reply #361 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 10:40:40 »

Saw that mate.  I will sponsor you some time closer.  Just keep reminding us!
Cheers and don't worry I will. tbh, you're sponsoring the dog really, I'm just the tag-along Smiley
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« Reply #362 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 16:10:22 »

Lying in bed as my ankles no longer work. 

Managed to complete the London Marathon yesterday in 4 hours 54 minutes which I think is ok for a 45 year old who didn't start running until 4 years ago and 5 years ago was 18 and a half stone.

Currently raised £3700 (£4500 roughly including gift aid) for teenage cancer trust.  Thanks to those of you who donated.  Hopefully this will go up and I might get in one way or another to £5k.

If anyone manages to get on to run it I'd massively recommend it.  It was a fantastic day.  People line the entire route shouting your name.  To be honest around mile 15 fat blokes outside a pub shouting 'go on keep going' does start to get a little irritating, but then it started to be helpful again around mile 22!

The roar of the crowd when you go round places like Cutty Sark and Canary wharf is brilliantly inspiring.

And as a further plus point I managed to completely avoid whatever happened in the football this weekend.  Looking on the website everything is ok yeah?

Well done dude. It was amazing experience this weekend. (first Swindon home game I missed since 2011) perfect timing.

I manage 3:17 and i'm walking like a penguin.  Smiley
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« Reply #363 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 16:18:07 »

Excellent stuff.  Times I can only ever dream of!  Maybe next year.
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« Reply #364 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 19:34:07 »

Cheers and don't worry I will. tbh, you're sponsoring the dog really, I'm just the tag-along Smiley

Thanks for the sponsorship as well PD.
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« Reply #365 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 19:39:52 »

Great stuff, well done Sax and Blinkpip.

I can only imagine the buzz of completing the London Marathon.

I did the Swindon half a few years ago and even that was great for people on the sides encouraging you, I can't even imagine what the London Marathon must be like.
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« Reply #366 on: Monday, April 24, 2017, 22:24:47 »

Thanks for the sponsorship as well PD.
NP, thought I already had tbh. Useless git, me.
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« Reply #367 on: Monday, August 21, 2017, 20:18:40 »

Anyone from here doing the New Swindon Half in a couple of weekends time? I'm signed up, can't say I've trained enough but aiming to pull out something around 1 45. Would be good to see a few TEFers on the way round.
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« Reply #368 on: Monday, August 21, 2017, 20:21:21 »

I'm there, day after holidays. going to struggle to get round in a smidge under 2 (literally 1:58 or so). still, nearly gave up in January thanks to two years worth of injuries, so just to get round this year is a start.
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« Reply #369 on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 06:35:30 »

Fair play to anyone doing it. I've just started and can barely do 4.5km
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« Reply #370 on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 06:48:21 »

that's how everyone starts jayo, it takes a while but if I can do it....

I found the 3-6 mile buildup the hardest (probably just a mental thing).
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« Reply #371 on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 10:32:54 »

In fairness, once you get to a reasonable level of fitness, carrying on slowly over a long distance isn't *that* hard at the time if you're not trying to push the pace. It just hurts for the next week if you weren't properly prepared...

That said, I've never got to the end of a half and fancied doing the same again, so fair play to marathon types
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« Reply #372 on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 10:49:29 »

I stopped running a few weeks back. I think it's just not for me. I'm still going to the gym and want to do something for cardio work, just not running. It bores me. I don't like it.

I wonder if it may be different if I had somewhere I could run rather than just a treadmill in the gym.
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« Reply #373 on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 10:57:19 »

It helps to have some chums to run with from time to time. Bit of competition and external motivation. Or sign up to an easy-going running group with a bit of social thrown in.
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« Reply #374 on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 11:00:35 »

I'm not that fussed though. I never really had the intention of being a runner, it was always just a means to get in decent shape, which is the goal.
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