What an achievement!

[Yesletsgo]

This morning my daughter-in-law-to-be ran the London Landmarks half marathon, I am SO proud of her. We both put in for the draw for places but only she succeeded. She's been training on a treadmill through the winter, didn't feel safe running outside in London in the dark (work commitments meant she was rarely home during daylight hours,) but she completed the run in just under 3 hours.

I went for a run this morning too, a mere 5k to try out my new shoes. After this I had a two hour drive to Brighton to spare my son the horror of a 6 hour journey on the rail replacement service. All the time I was driving I was thinking that DILTB was still out there running. Wow.

Well done to her and to all the other runners who made the effort today

Photo has nothing to do with running, just a cute statue for any Dr Seuss fans out there

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Congratulations to your daughter in law to be on completing the London Landmarks Half Marathon, well done to her and also to you on running a 5K in your new running shoes.

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you my 5k seems a bit easy by comparison!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

It's just a case of gradually building up from 5K to the half or full marathon distance, I have now run over 100/5Ks, 21/10Ks and 5/10 mile runs, I am not sure if I will run a half marathon and certainly not a full 26 miles marathon, once again congratulations to your future daughter in law on completing that half marathon.

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Whilst I can see the logic of building up distance gradually, the idea of keeping going for 3+ hours (I'm assuming I'll be slower than her) is just so daunting. I haven't even got to 10k yet.As for a marathon... I am full of admiration for anyone who can do this but it would just take me far too long (unless I got a full body transplant from a 25 year old athlete 😂)

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

I like that last sentence from you, there was a regular on this forum who did run a half and full marathon over a period of 6 months, his* exact words were"a full 26 miles marathon is a BEAST compared to a half marathon"

*Irish John.

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

I'll take that as a warning, Irish-John seems to know his stuff 😳

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

Yes, I've read in several places that anyone who can do 10km can work up to doing a half marathon, but a full marathon is a horse of a different colour which needs a totally different approach.

From what I was hearing from the finish line commentators at the Manchester Marathon this morning, 18-19 miles (30km) seems to be the crunch distance. (There was a YouTube live stream.)

[Irish-John Graduate10 in reply to Yesletsgo]

FMs are indeed a very different game By the time I hit the finish line I felt much like when I started trying the C25K programme. While I had the physical reserves to actually finish it, mentally the FM felt like going from addition tp quantum mechanics - you "know" it's possible to tough it out - but getting your head around the idea was, for me, the infamous Wall. It was really only that I wanted that years finisher medal - a never to be done again one containing sand gathered from the beaches at Iwo Jima - that got me through.

I would say to anyone doing their first FM who isn't - like myself - "built for running" to ensure that they have a great motivation in finishing it. But, while it was a beast - it was one heck of a profoundly rewarding experience

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on the 5k in your new shoes 😁And very well done to your fdil on her HM 😁👍

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Instructor57]

Thank you

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Huge congrats to DILTB on her run yesterday, especially as all her training had been done indoors - it must have been a very different run for her! And well done to you for driving your son to Brighton to avoid the dreaded rail replacement service! But you squeezed in a 5k and I hope the new shoes didn’t let you down!

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

New shoes were great thanks :)DILTB didn't even look sweaty on her photo with the finish medal, I'm in awe.

And let's face it, driving to Brighton and having lunch by the seaside is no hardship. Guilty admission: I never drove my other son back to uni in Mile End when the trains were dodgy, what a bad mother.

[misswobble Graduate10]

First things first, I know my memory is poor but have we seen a photo of your new shoes? It’s the law in these parts 😁

Congrats on your gal’s race. She didn’t hang about ! 🌪🏃‍♀️🏅🍰🎉

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

I know the rules, there's a post with a pic from last Thursday. I don't want to get on anybody's wrong side 😜

[Beatlesforever Graduate10]

Wow amazing! Congratulations to your DILTB 👏👏👏🎉 and well done on your 5k in your fab new shoes 🤩👟

[Yesletsgo Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Beatlesforever]

Thank you