Sophie M....Dare I ask how it went?

C'mon! I'm desperate to read a report! Are you busy walking down stairs backwards at the moment?

I've been thinking about you too! Hope it went well.

ETA - just spotted Sophie's reply on the fat running thread: congrats SophieM, you're officially a marathon runner!

Awwww! Hi guys, thanks so much for asking.

We finished, and it was an absolutely brilliant experience - I loved it. First 20k were great, no problems. Then I started to feel tired but nothing major - was basically okay until about 35k when my stomach started playing up and I had to spend a fair bit of time in the queue for the (unimaginably grim!) loos. So we did it in 4.53 in the end. Quite a bit slower than I'd hoped for, but given how totally off the rails my trainign went I was just over the moon to finish.

It was a lovely event too - brilliantly organised, loads of crowd support (and you have your name on your number thing, so people go "Allez, allez Sophie! Courage!", which is fab ?

Physically all the usual injury stuff was absolutely fine - no problems at all, so credit to my lovely osteopath for patching me up. I am pretty stiff and sore but walking down stairs is doable (our apartment is on the 3rd floor!). I do have a couple of cracking blood blisters though!

I loved it. We're already planning the next one.

Aw, well done mate. That's fab.

Congratulations Sophie! ?

That's fantastic - well done. ?

Wow. I'm in awe of your achievement. Well done you! ?

Chapeau Sophie.

What a fab report - allez allez Sophie ?

Really pleased for you and loml!

What did I say? ?

Seriously well done and a great time as well ? Whereabouts you thinking for your next Berlin, Chicago, new York? Or a nice British one Luton, Abingdon, Wolverhampton ?

I'm hoping to be fit enough to jog around Luton in December and then next spring its Boston for me [wibble] . I Quite fancy doing London as well but with it being the weekend after Boston it will certainly be a 'hobble round'

Well done Sophie, glad you enjoyed it. xx

That's brilliant - massive well done to you Soph. x

I am so chuffed for you. well done x

What an amazing achievement. Bloody well done!

Wow well done Sophie, what a great achievement!

? congratulations. Like others have said, what a huge achievement, i'd be over the moon.

Goodness me, well done Sophie. What an achievement! ?

Wow, I somehow missed that it was this weekend, what a brilliant brilliant achievement, well done you.

Awesome, Sophie. Well done you!

What a fabulous achievement Sophie, well done!

That's fantastic - well done ??

That's amazing Sophie - well done! ?

I am always a little bit in awe of people who can do this sort of stuff. Well done Sophie.

Well done!

Well done Sophie and LOYL. Great achievement!

Well done Sophie!

Doubt whether my OH is going to get around in such good order! ?

Fab stuff Soph, well done ?