My mum's brill
She ran her first marathon on Saturday (and her last, she promises) in 3 hours 52 minutes!

She puts me to shame.

*is very proud*
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Mon 18 May 2009, 8:39, 11 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Jebus!
Well done to her - a lot of effort and I hope she feels great after. Although, it's an awfully fast time for a marathon... are you sure it wasn't a half marathon?
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Mon 18 May 2009, 8:46, Reply)

Yep.
It's not a fast marathon, either. It was up in Matlock, and there were onbly about 200 competitors.

An hour after she had finished there were still people coming in... Did I say I was proud?
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Mon 18 May 2009, 8:58, Reply)

You did mention it in pass I believe
It's a dman good time. It's great that all the training paid off - I know even when my body was working properly and I could actually run I could never eomplete a marathon, let alone do it in the time she did. Foot rubs for your mother!
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:06, Reply)

That's a good time.
Well done to your mum.

@Hair Pot - A decent runner should be able to do a marathon in under 4 hours. A friend of mine has run them in about 3 and a half.

You could walk a half marathon in 3h 52m.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 18 May 2009, 8:52, Reply)

Fair enough.
I wasn't sure what average time for a runner. It just sounded too fast - but if it isn't, I'll go with that.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:07, Reply)

Erm
That kind of sustained walking speed is mental. Most people average about two and a half miles an hour - I'm just over three mph and it's hard work.

Accomplished walkers could do a half marathon in that time. Experts in just under three hours.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:20, Reply)

I've just realised you mean just under 3.5mph
which isn't terribly quick, but I'd still defy anyone who hadn't trained to sustain that pace for that time :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:37, Reply)

So as not to ramble too much in that first post
This is the 3rd year she's trained for one; 1st year she had a minor op a couple of months beforehand which went badly wrong, so she missed it. 2nd year she broke her foot in a half marathon 6wks before the main event.

And all this came from a mid-life crisis. My step-dad had an affair - she changed her name, had a boob job and then took up running.

She's brill, my mum.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Mon 18 May 2009, 8:55, Reply)

Excellent work,
Psyches' Mum!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:04, Reply)

Sometimes I think I should try to train for a half marathon.
But those bottles of red wine keep calling me : (


Well done mum.
( girlinthehole, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:32, Reply)

The bottles of wine
And tubs of ice-cream. Oh Haagen Dazs, if it wasn't for you I'd be so fit and healthy. I'm not running a marathon - supprting her is the closest I'm going to get!
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Mon 18 May 2009, 9:57, Reply)