Well done to everyone who ran the London on Sunday, it was my 1st and last marathon marathon! I walked most of it and was ready to give up at mile 16 but I struggled on my painful hips! I completed in 8.5 hours! Lol
Virtual London - worse than childbirth! - Fun Beyond 10K & ...
Virtual London - worse than childbirth!
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I am sorry but when I saw your post title in my news feed it did make me smile!!
A huge well done to you!!!! An 8.5 hour mostly-walked marathon is an amazing achievement, especially with sore hips. I am very pleased to award you your Marathon badge, congratulations 😍
How are your hips today? Hope you're feeling better!!
Rest well xxx
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Wow! Well done you. Eight and a half hours is such a long time on your feet. You must have an amazing streak of determination in you! Massive achievement, well done!!!
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Choosing to go the distance, a full 8.5 hours on your feet, on the move, through the pain, is a massive triumph of mental strength. Total respect!
Well done!! Even if it is your first and last, that's a whole marathon under your belt! many congratulations, such a huge achievement! 👏👏👏👏
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Congratulations ER on running /walking Sunday's London Marathon, ha, I don't know about the childbirth thing, but for some women runners in the past have compared that distance to giving birth, anyway go and celebrate your wonderful achievement 🏃🏾 👍 🎓 well done
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Well done ElephantRunner 👍🏻
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Massive kudos to you for carrying on with painful hips, amazing determination. Congratulations and Well done! 👏👏👏
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Awesome ER! What perseverance. 👊 👏😀💥
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Jeepers! I just read your profile. I’d say that running 10k a month after completing C25K would be pushing the limits but a marathon?!!! That explains why you found it so painful.
Congratulations on completing it. As others have written, that’s a long time to be active on your feet, especially when you’re not used to it. I think you’re going to need a well-deserved rest after that, hope your recovery goes well.
With that amount of resilience, I think you have the potential to be a good long distance runner but a (significantly) longer build up is needed (and would be a lot less painful). So, a month after completing C25K, you’d normally be thinking about what to do after your consolidation runs but I’ve no idea how that applies in your case. I hope your experience hasn’t put you off running but good luck in whatever you decide to do.
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Sorry you didn't enjoy it but you have achieved something most of us only dream of so congratulations to you -a marathon runner!! Be proud- .I would be running around telling everyone in sight if I were you🏆🏆.
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You stuck it out! 💪🏻👍🏻🎖😁 huge congratulations. Those who finished in just a few hours will never know what it is like to spend a long period of time on their feet to complete that distance. Big respect to you. Look after yourself.
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That’s amazing that you kept going, huge well done
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Thanks everyone! I keep hearing that it’s a massive achievement after only completing couch to 5k and running a few consolidation runs, so thank you all for trying to cheer me up. I have been walking quite normal today until I went food shopping and the heavy bags really weighed be down so my hips are a little sore but just had a nice Epsom salts bath. I guess because I have never really been a sporty spice I didn’t think I’d be good at it anything but running has shown me maybe I can be sporty spice, rather than posh! I can’t wait to receive my medal, but Sunday is still a little raw in my mind as one of them days I never want to repeat. I can’t tell you the pain I felt with every step by the end.
Hi ElephantRunner , people aren't just trying to cheer you up you know, it's absolutely phenomenal that you managed a marathon mere weeks after completing C25K, not least that you were in so much pain.
Huge kudos to you, and I hope you'll keep on running. But please do take things much more slowly and gently!
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Congratulations on completing a marathon!
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Total respect for you, you kept going with your painful hips and finished it. Amazing achievement ! Hope your hips feel better soon
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Thanks guys! Feeling more human now and can almost walk without limping. Cmoi I will get out running again as soon as my cough/cold has gone! I defo want to carry on running as I really do enjoy it.
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Amazing ER, such determination to carry on, and to complete the distance so soon after graduating C25K. I hope you are feeling better now and that your medal has arrived to remind you how amazing you are 🥳🎉🏅💥👏