#213640 - 19/04/2004 04:42
Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Completed the London Marathon yesterday in 4 and a half hours. Should have come in under 4 hours but the cold got to my calves and I cramped a bit. Managed to raise almost £1500! A big thankyou to those of you who gave very generously! Makes the huge blisters and very wobbly toenails worthwhile.
I don't have the photos in yet, but will post some when I do.
Thanks
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#213641 - 19/04/2004 04:46
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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Pooh-Bah
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A hearty bravo, lad.
Congrats on a great effort!
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#213642 - 19/04/2004 07:41
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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old hand
Registered: 14/08/2001
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Loc: London, UK
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Congrats.
If I'd known you were running it I'd have bothered to walk to the end of my road to cheer you on at around the 20 mile mark.
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#213643 - 19/04/2004 08:01
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cheers.
I'm impressed at how many folks did turn out in the rain and cold - the support definitely helped spur me on when I was flagging, and the last 5 miles were amazing - thousands of people cheering and waving everyone on.
At the 13 mile mark I was very jealous of the fast folks passing the 22 mile mark on th eother side of the road, and by the time I got to the 22 mile mark I felt very sorry for those people just passing 13 miles as the rain was getting stronger and the temperature dropped.
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#213644 - 19/04/2004 09:38
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Makes the huge blisters and very wobbly toenails worthwhile.
I don't have the photos in yet, but will post some when I do. Umm, thanks, but no photos needed. The images that won't get out of my head are more than enough.
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#213645 - 19/04/2004 10:33
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Ahh - toenails are very overrated in humans. I'm pretty sure I've never needed mine. Everything heals anyway, and it's a good excuse for scrounging money for charities - people feel they should pay you money for all that pain 
It was all good fun anyway - and no, I wasn't going to post photos of the painful aftereffects, more likely pictures of grinning like a lunatic (a side-effect of thinking at 22 miles that it was all a bit silly, this running in the pi$$ing rain and cold lark)
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#213646 - 19/04/2004 12:05
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
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Makes the huge blisters and very wobbly toenails worthwhile.
I don't have the photos in yet, but will post some when I do.
Post 'em, post 'em, post 'em!
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Andy M
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#213647 - 19/04/2004 17:41
Re: Ow Ow Ow blimming Ow!!!
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old hand
Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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At the 13 mile mark I was very jealous of the fast folks passing the 22 mile mark on th eother side of the road, and by the time I got to the 22 mile mark I felt very sorry for those people just passing 13 miles as the rain was getting stronger and the temperature dropped.
Misery loves company, doesn't it? 
Congrats on the achievement!
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Georgetown, Texas
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