Well that was fun - fantastic support from the crowds and meeting up with the Team afterwards. The only down side (a big one) was the walking to transfer buses. I clocked up 2 hrs of walking (129 mins to be exact) on top of my run segment! I felt sorry for those who had run the full marathon and then had a 25 minute walk to get the transfer bus back into Edinburgh...
But it was a great experience and I am now full of takeaway!!!
Congratulations on your run today Fionamags, that's a lovely medal 🥉 you have, that's ridiculous that the runners have to walk 25 minutes and in your case 129 minutes to transfer buses, it reminds me of some of the parkruns,(I have seen on YouTube) - not the ones I go to-, that after the runners cross the finishing line, there's a 5 minute walk to get scanned, well done on your run today 🏃🏾 👍.
Well done! I did that HM a few years ago.......yes if we’d known more about the local transport we’d have taken the train back to the city centre? There was a station right next to where we had to get the buses.....would have been far quicker (and cheaper....) - and less draining on the legs - especially afterwards....
Great event though.....
Super well done 💪🏃♀️👍🏅👏
Mx
There were no trains as there is a work to rule at the moment.
Great news that it mostly went well!! Congratulations on completing and the medal looks fab. 🎉🍷✅👍.
Thanks. It has given me the taste for doing more events now.
Oh well, funny you should say that there's a wee 10k here in Auchterarder in September with the local RC, open to all. I have tentatively entered with many misgivings 😱😱🤣. Have a look.
Ooh OK I will have a peek.
Well done! Too bad about the walking but at least your run went well and the medal looks sharp!
How exciting! Full of admiration for you doing an actual event!
Lovely bling! Well done to you. Great crowd support makes all the difference 👏
And perhaps the walk was good for aching legs 😩
The legs were fine from the run - it was all the walking that did for me 🤣🤣🤣
Well done. Great effort by everyone. We managed to jump on a Lothian Buses bus on Pinkie Road. All a bit disorganised, but there was a chap from the bus company keeping everyone informed on which buses to get. The prospect of walking up to Wallyford was not appealing at all, so we hadn't bothered with the over-priced transfer buses.
I wish we had known about public transport options. The event transfers were a waste of money right enough. Buses stopped way too far from where we were meant to be and there were no stewards about to give directions.
Another pretty disastrous attempt at distance ☹️
How about a relay run on the 31st December?
How can you avoid stitches when running downhill?
Changing my mindset for the marathon!!
London marathon training update
