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Feel like Forest Gump !!!! ๐Ÿ˜‚

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It was my long run yesterday and had been taken out for lunch so waited 3 hours before I ran.

After watching the London Marathon I was so impressed and motivated by the sheer determination of the runners that I managed my longest run (slow and steady) but I would never have thought I could get this far, started C25K in January.

Felt like Forest Gump and looked like I had ran a marathon at the end but worth the feeling at the end !

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Fantastic! That must be a great feeling! I saw an hour or so of the marathon, managed to catch the end of the elite and para races, it was very inspiring. My friend tagged me in the post for next yearโ€™s ballot but I think thatโ€™s a bit of a stretch ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to SeeJillRun

I watched it too Jill and always makes me emotional when you see how everyone helps each other through it. Even thought โ€œshall Iโ€ but that passed shortly when I actually realised it would take me about 10 hours ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜…

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SeeJillRunGraduate in reply to RunRunRun13

Same here ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Itโ€™s the first time Iโ€™ve actually been interested, plus the MD of the company I work with was running. She did it in 3 hrs 42 minutes n her pace was so consistent all the way through, I was well impressed. I canโ€™t see any marathons in my future though ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to SeeJillRun

Thatโ€™s a great time ! I can see me eating a marathon (if you remember when they were called that) ๐Ÿ˜‚

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SeeJillRunGraduate in reply to RunRunRun13

Yeah, I remember that far back lol. I wouldnโ€™t even do that, I donโ€™t like them ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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GoGo_JoJoGraduate

It's great when you catch that "just felt like runnin" feeling! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo

Such a great feeling...plus I donโ€™t ache as much as I thought I would so even better ๐Ÿ‘

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PianismGraduate

Fantastic! Well done for a very respectable distance and time. It's amazing how far you have come in just a short time!

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to Pianism

Thanks so much ! My next goal is to reach 7K๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Great running. Those marathons runners also finished runs of this length looking and feeling like theyโ€™d run 26.2 once! Happy running.

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

Very true ! Didnโ€™t think of that...just worked out how many KM 26.2 miles are. If I start running now I may finish by next year ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜ณ

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to RunRunRun13

I could handle the first 8-10k... then walk... and probably some crawling in the last 10k. No matter where I look gloves for running arenโ€™t distinguished by road/trail though so I donโ€™t know which to get for road crawling.

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Iโ€™ve got the picture now in my head of us crawling along on the floor next to the people dressed up right at the back ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to RunRunRun13

Heck, first marathon I donโ€™t care how we cross the line or even if itโ€™s gone dark!!

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Kertesz

Woo hoo!! Well done you!! Are you still doing the Nike โ€˜my coachโ€™ four week thing? Iโ€™m really enjoying how it mixes things up... Iโ€™m on intervals tomorrow... ๐Ÿ˜ฌ x

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to Kertesz

I have cancelled the โ€œmy coachโ€ and will re start at end of May only because Iโ€™m running the โ€œMiles for Mindโ€ charity in May so have to do a specific amount of km by the end of the month but did do a week or so and found it really good, still use the Nike app for all my runs. Glad your really enjoying it....good luck for tomorrow and love to know how it goes.

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DiscoRunnerGraduate

How brilliant - Iโ€™m really loving the long slow runs too - feels so good! Well done you x

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RunRunRun13Graduate in reply to DiscoRunner

Thank you...your doing so well too and whoever invented slow running should get a medal ๐Ÿฅ‡

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