Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd April 2016, 7:49 PM BSTBest of luck, but I am sure there will be people to help you over the finishing line.............
Horror. But I'm quite sure that won't happen to me.
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Ben should look into going to bed...
I'm off to Melbourne to see my daughter and son in law tomorrow, I will catch up with all you lot next weekend, so try and keep out of trouble.
Strumpet
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 23rd April 2016, 4:42 PM BSTI'm devastated at the moment. Tomorrow is my first marathon but my legmuscles hurt and I've got little cramps in my calves. I can't see how I could possibly run 42 meters in this state...let alone 42 kilometers. 6 months of training and now this.
I didn't finish the marathon. I had to stop the run after 23 kilometers because of my muscular problems. Better luck next time.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd April 2016, 7:49 PM BSTBest of luck, but I am sure there will be people to help you over the finishing line.............
At least I got back to the start area on my own two feet.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 24th April 2016, 6:03 PM BSTI didn't finish the marathon. I had to stop the run after 23 kilometers because of my muscular problems. Better luck next time.
At least I got back to the start area on my own two feet.
Brave of you to give it a go.
Is it too late to sponsor you? Have you got a link to a fundraising page you can post here?
Quote: George Kaplan @ 24th April 2016, 6:10 PM BSTBrave of you to give it a go.
Is it too late to sponsor you? Have you got a link to a fundraising page you can post here?
Thanks!
And: Yes and no.
Sorry to hear about your muscle woe, Gordon.
Ben is baking and will shortly be putting some rolls in the oven.
As you've already done the bun. 
I don't have to think about college for 2 weeks.
And I also bought a new microphone which is pretty cool since I have been working with the microphone from Guitar Hero for the last 5 years now lol
And it wasn't until 2014-2015 that I actually started using a pop filter :^)
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 24th April 2016, 6:03 PM BSTI didn't finish the marathon. I had to stop the run after 23 kilometers because of my muscular problems. Better luck next time.
At least I got back to the start area on my own two feet.
You did very well.
Quote: A Horseradish @ 25th April 2016, 10:52 AM BSTYou did very well.
Thanks, nice of you to say. But I'm very disappointed and angry. I will try again in September at the Basel Marathon. Hopefully I won't do the same mistakes again.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd April 2016, 7:49 PM BST
Well done lad...............the red and white top - you sure the photo is not of you, 'cos it is summat like your profile photo.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 25th April 2016, 12:01 PM BSTThanks, nice of you to say. But I'm very disappointed and angry. I will try again in September at the Basel Marathon. Hopefully I won't do the same mistakes again.
Did you overtrain or something? Or was it just an injury. It's like when athletes get injured just before the Olympics, that they've just spent 4 years training for. Argh.
(Well, maybe not quite like that, but I can see how it would be incredibly annoying!)
Quote: zooo @ 25th April 2016, 12:24 PM BSTDid you overtrain or something? Or was it just an injury. It's like when athletes get injured just before the Olympics, that they've just spent 4 years training for. Argh.
(Well, maybe not quite like that, but I can see how it would be incredibly annoying!)
I obviously trained too much. A mysterious virus at the beginning of the year made it impossible for me to train for several weeks. So after recovering from it I started to train like a madman to compensate for the long period of inactivity. 90 Km a week, 5 days running, 2 days gym...and that for 6 weeks or so. That was ok for a while, I was never in better shape. But then I got a bit tired mentally after week 5 or so...and my legs didn't revover from my last 25 km training run. Despite pausing I've felt tired and slightly injured for the last two weeks. Yesterday at the start I did feel like I've already done a marathon...there was a burning pain in my thighs and calves. I felt knackered before I even heard the starting shot.
Lesson for next time: sometimes less is more!
Ah, yikes. At least you know for next time.
*does sums* You were running the equivalent of 2 marathons a week!
I've probably run a total of 1 marathon over my whole life.