I ran a Marathon!!!!

[Bladerunner2049]

That was an awesome day in Brighton. My first marathon complete in a time of 4:56. But it’s much more than that, it’s been a long 16 weeks of training, in the dark, cold and wet winter months. A contrast to the sunny Sunday just gone.

I wasn’t even sure that I’d be able to compete after a pretty severe case of shin splints two weeks ago. However the icing, and foam rollin’ and resting seemed to have worked! The night before my friend whose house I was planning on staying in said he had Covid, I was lucky to get a hotel at the last minute.

Just getting to the start line has such an element luck. Avoiding illness, injury whatever. I should have bought a lottery ticket 😀

These last four miles were the hardest I’ve ever done, physically and emotionally. The pain was intense.

All you lovely people have supported and encouraged me through the training and on the day too, whether you knew it or not. My wife put up with being a running widow and for that I am truly grateful. I love her to bits 😍

Finally, we raised over £1,500 for teenage cancer trust. Money that they desperately need. If you would like to support thier work you can still do that via justgiving.com/fundraising/noel-rooney1

Thanks again for all your support it meant a lot to me, along with the good people of Brighton that came out in droves to cheer on 20,000 nutters to run 26.2 miles 😀

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

Hey that’s fabulous! Well done on completing the Brighton Marathon and in a great time too. 👏👏👏👍 I’m glad that you enjoyed it.

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

What a huge achievement. Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉 on running your first marathon at Brighton

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Massive congratulations - what an achievement!🙂👏👏👏🏅 And for a fantastic cause too.🙂

[Lookslikejames Marathon]

Nice one, a really good time as well! Well done

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

.Congratulations to you Bladerunner2049 on completing the Brighton Marathon, well done, you should be very proud of yourself 😊 🏃🏾.

[Purplecat68 Half Marathon]

Well done on completing the Brighton Marathon and a fab time too 👏

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Huge congratulations on negotiating all the obstacles, completing the training and finishing the distance despite the pain of those last four miles!!! I better get your badge changed quick!!!

[Bladerunner2049 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thank you 😀

[Lizcanrun Half Marathon]

WELL DONE!!! That is an amazing achievement! I am in awe!! 👏🥂🎉

[GTFC Marathon]

You look awesome there! Well done on creating such a fantastic lifetime memory. Running a marathon always finds you out and you dug deep in the pain cave and got through. A superb time too. Enjoy the rest, celebrate and be super proud of yourself. Absolutely immense 🌟🏆😁✅

[misswobble Marathon]

Very many congratulations 🥳. Well done 😀💪👍🏅🍰☕️

Brighton sounds like a fab event 🙂

Rest up, eat and sleep well. I hope your shins behave. Take care of them in the coming days 🙂

[RunWillie Metric Marathon]

Well done! Bladerunner2049

Awesome 😍

[Cmoi Marathon]

Congratulations on both the marathon and the fundraising Bladerunner2049 !

[Time_Lord Half Marathon]

Congratulations 👏👏

[00marks Marathon]

Congratulations on running a marathon. Thats brilliant!

[Beccym Marathon]

Well done, we got round. I did a lot of walking from mile 21.

[Bladerunner2049 Marathon in reply to Beccym]

It was definitely tough from 21 on wards. Glad you made it. 😀

[Tasha99 Marathon]

Excellent, excellent! Mega well done. Great work for the charity too! 👏🏽😍

Also, that is an excellent photo!

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon]

It’s said that getting to the start of a Marathon is an achievement; I think your experience is a good demonstration of that! So, well done for getting to the start and then pushing on through to the end, great result!