I ran 10k for charity today! (update: circumstantial evidence)

[Philly Q]

Truth be told, there was also a fair bit of walking involved, but 3 months ago I wouldn't have been able to run 1k, never mind 10k.

And all for a good cause, Cancer Research UK.  :D

[Woogie]

Nice one! I was always more of a 100m man because my endurance is rubbish

[Will]

wow, nice one. I couldn't do it.
how long did it take you?

[Philly Q]

Just under 1 hour 15 minutes. 

Rubbish really, but better than I expected and there were lots of people much slower than that.

[Afghan Dave]

Congratulations and all due respect. Wish I could do 10K.

[gwEm]

good work philly! at your time of life it must be hard enough to walk to the post office to collect your pension :)

cool achievement

[Philly Q]

good work philly! at your time of life it must be hard enough to walk to the post office to collect your pension :)

You cheeky young pup, I should tan your hide... if I could catch you.  :(

[_tom_]

Well done, I dont think I could even do a 100m without breaking a sweat :oops: I want to train up to doing a cycle marathon though, I'm actually not too bad at that :P

[Ian Price]

Just under 1 hour 15 minutes. 

Rubbish really, but better than I expected and there were lots of people much slower than that.

Well done Philly. That is a perfectly respectable time if you wouldn't have considered running 1k a few months ago!

[FELINEGUITARS]

My ex girlfriend used to do 10k most weekends - sorry I meant £10k - too many shoes to buy


On a more serious note
Well done Philly
I wouldnt fancy training in Streatham  though - would teach you how to run I suppose
(Croydon is not much better)

[Twinfan]

Well done mate!

[roland_rat]

Well done Philly. Here was me thinking you were the old man of the forum too :shock:

Just joking next time you do a run for charity I will sponser you.

[Philly Q]

I wouldnt fancy training in Streatham  though - would teach you how to run I suppose
(Croydon is not much better)

 :lol: All on the treadmill, Jon, all on the treadmill - which made running on bumpy ground with long grass today a bit of a shock to the system, I must admit.  But good job it wasn't on the road, my shins couldn't take it.

Well done Philly. Here was me thinking you were the old man of the forum too

That's the other Phil!  (sorry Mr K!  :oops: )

[38thBeatle]

Well done Philly.

[Roobubba]

Really well done!
I think I'm probably better qualified than most to thank you for your efforts (although as it happens, CRUK don't directly fund my team, although the Institute of Cancer Research (which does fund us) is itself heavily funded by CRUK!).
Especially with the current state of the economy, charitable donations really do make a huge difference to furthering our drug discovery and development efforts.
You definitely have my respect for putting yourself through a 10k run for completely altruistic motives!

Roo