First Marathon Complete :)

Well I decided 5 weeks ago I would run a marathon so the training was short and could have went much better (calf injury) but I kept my eye firmly on the goal even cut out Guiness. The fatest time was 2 hours 25 min! UNREAL... I finished 3 hours 50 min, my legs cramped continiously for the last 10km however for the lack of training I am happy enough. 43km is along way but I only trained at the most for 28km jogs but next time I will crack under 3 hr 30 min without a doubt. I have found a new challenge in this marathon running also considering the Iron man events now too.

Photos will be posted soon. I had a fantastic day with Jess and family who came out to support! even though I looked like a train wreck crossing the finishing line it was great to see the support. Mick (Jess Father) competed in the 20km also! he finished 2 hrs 15 min which was a great time but he has decided to train harder and run the marathon next year so it will be a training partner for the future runs.

The last 10km by calfs gave me hell, agony cramping all over hamstrings and thigh it was hell! I was cursing at my legs! people must have thought 'this fkn irish man is crazy, but I was never going to give up my legs might but my mind just drove me to that finish line, once crossing I said 'fuckin never doing that again, its just for crazy people' next day I thought I want to do it better, faster than before so roll on my training and my future marathons... this was my first and the start of a new challenge for me.