This year I have mostly been training for the Paris Marathon.
It was Hev's idea, and I thought it would be a challenge and would help me raise my fitness levels for football. Well, it was a challenge alright (as if that was ever in doubt), but I'm not sure my body's any better prepared for football - it's ruined my knees!
The training has been hell on my knees, and so was the marathon itself, but I finished it (just - I walked/hobbled/staggered the last 6 miles) - it took me just under six hours (5:55 was the chip time)!
If you're the kind who like proof, or just enjoy watching others suffer, here's a hilarious video of me stumbling zombie-like across the finish line.
Nice...
In stark contrast to this my wife, who only started running last year and has a pacemaker, hardly walked at all and finished in 5:08...
Is there nothing this woman can't do (apart from spell)?
Speaking of pacemakers, we ran the marathon on behalf of the British Heart Foundation. Thanks very much to everyone who sponsored us, it helped us through and is for a good cause.. If you haven't but fancy it, we'd be most grateful, you can sponsor us online on Hev and Joe's JustGiving page.
Thaaaanks!
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