Ladies and gentlemen, on the 11th September, 2 days before I turned the grand old age of 27 I completed the Nottingham Marathon in the time of 3 hours 51 minutes and 25 seconds thus completing my challenge of running a marathon in under 4 hours.
Especially for the ladies, here is a link to pictures of me running the marathon and video of my impressive sprint finish - Ben's Marathon Photos.
What I think you'll find most impressive is that in the year 2011, before this race the maximum I had run was only 13 miles, so after the half way point, I was pretty much entering the unknown.
I would also like to say thanks to (and apologise to) my super handsome housemate Michael Addington for running with me for the first 20 miles, before I sped off - you see Mike, I told you all that training you were doing was unnecessary. I would also like to thank the beautiful and uber enthusiastic Laura Stubbs for forcing me to run the 10 mile journey back from work multiple times before the race and demanding that I went sub 4 hours. That little bit of training we did paid dividends.
Another one ticked off the list :)
Congrats! That's a HUGE check off the bucket list!
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