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I've just ran a marathon

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.... Ok, so it took me over 3 weeks to complete the 26.2miles, but I managed to complete the Brooks Best Fest Marathon Challenge on Strava.

Basically I had to run a total of 42km between 2nd and 22nd September, the reward being that I'm entered in to a draw to win some shoes. Finger's crossed I win them, but truth is I didn't sign up for the prize, I signed up as motivation to keep running 3 times a week.

Does anyone else sign up to challenges and competitions, either competitively hoping to win or, like me, just for fun?

I keep seeing ads for 'Race at your pace' where you set yourself a challenge of running/cycling so many miles in a month and if you complete it they'll send you a medal. I'm thinking that'll be 2020s challenge - get a medal every month starting with January.

Anyways, I'd love to hear of any challenges your signed up for, or that you've set yourself (aside from completing C25K)

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I think this sounds like a great motivation tool and will definitely be looking into something like this once I graduate.

Well done you and fingers crossed you win the shoes :)

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