The Barnya Half-Marathon Challenge (on again)
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Nah, I'm on the Southern Golds bro. Ugh.
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Well done 'yard. Its something I'll never do due to age, weight, and lack of willpower. :whistle: -
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Well done 'yard. Its something I'll never do due to age, weight, and lack of willpower. :whistle:<br />
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Running 22km certainly makes you realise how much you take things like cars and bicycles for granted. -
Not to mention how stupid people are for running 22km when a bike or car is available :whistle:<br />
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Congratulations Barnya.<br />
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The first one is by far the hardest one, and I'm sure there were people wearing some pretty expensive shoes still finishing long after you'd crossed the line and set sail for the pub. -
Sorry to hijack a thread but I thought it was worth mentioning the result of the Auckland Marathon. <br />
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Bearing in mind that at the beginning of the year I was unable to run for 2km, managing a time for the full marathon of 3hrs:34mins was pretty good considering it was my first ever marathon. In fact it was the first time I'd ever run beyond 32 km. -
<p>When I met Mr Bullethole for a quick beer on Friday before the Dunedin Marathon on Sunday, he claimed he was going to post in here for a one-off comeback. It seems he's forgotten, so I'll pass on the fact for those of you who aren't FB friends with him that he ran Sunday's marathon in 3.18 - a PB.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">Thank you Smudge for painstakingly helping me get this post sorted out.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">As my esteemed friend has pointed out, on Sunday I ran my fifth marathon, Dunedin, in a personal best time of 3:18:59. That was good enough for 12th in open men, and 27th overall. Despite the cold wet and windy weather a bloody good time was had by all.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">If at this point you're thinking, "geez, what a smug prick", you'd be right. But I've got a good reason for posting this in here: because this is where the journey began, more than eight years ago, in this thread.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">Yes there have been other more significant influences on my running (most notably my father who himself ran 17 marathons but sadly never got to see me run my first), but I've carried some of the advice I picked up here all the way. That's the beauty of running. It's not like knocking up a set of shelves - you can't just pick up a manual and know how to do it. It's a lifelong learning process, you can never know everything about it but the more you learn, the easier and more fun it becomes.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">I therefore can't recommend taking up running highly enough; no matter how fat, lazy or unfit you may be. If Southern Man (pictured triumphantly below) and I can do it, if MvJ can rack up an incredible string of marathon appearances, then anyone can. Don't believe me? Scroll up the page and see what a clueless idiot I was eight years ago. It's taken a long time to get here but it sure as hell has been worth it.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium;">The benefits of running extend so far past just the physical. I've never been in as good a shape mentally as I am these days. I sleep like a brick every night. I have so many more hours in my week from not getting shitfaced every Friday and Saturday. I've run a 1:26 half-marathon, finished top-3 in 5km and 10km races, and I won't rest easy until I've bettered the old man's best marathon time of 2:56. These are all things I would never have dreamed of when I started this thread.</span></p>
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<p> Cheers!</p>
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That almost inspires me to - think about running. I did the marathon thing 30 yrs ago. I loved the feeling of being in peak condition but I never got over the boredom. <br><br>
Anyway well done but real reason for posting wits with you young guys changing yr names. <br><br>
Ain't we god enuff for youse now
