Nice job. As I age I tend to see running and walking as the same thing. Building muscular and aerobic endurance. I have an uncle who's in his 80s, out walking every day. It does the same for him as jogging does for me in my 40s, or running faster might have done in my 20s. on another note, I saw that Hal Higdon has marathon walking plans.
It was painful to sit down on the train after the walk. Even though, I'd finished.... My body felt I should keep walking. General aches and pains... Couple days. But, I'd some how managed a stress cuboid fracture after. It took months to recover...
Going to be controversial here and say I think you got something wrong somewhere with the distance or the timing mate. I did the 2021 London Marathon and although I didn’t run all of it (I am not a runner at all) I was at the halfway point by about 2:40 having jogged most of the distance. The second half was a bit worse and my final time was 6:32. Apart from 2 pee breaks I didn’t stop at all, and I definitely wasn’t walking slowly, so there’s no way you should be able to do it in 6:43 unless you were speed walking the entire thing. Something doesn’t add up somewhere I feel…
i walk fastish on longer walks of 10km, and tend to average 6-6-4kmph but to consistently walk at 6.4km ph for 26 miles with breaks is something else, not sure about this, i also run marathons/ultras and i think power walking at this average pace through towns and crossing roads etc would slow the average down, perhaps this is just the moving time and all the rest bits excluded ???
It’s cool. Questions are good and always welcome. I’ve checked the route it is 26.2 miles. *You have to remember, we are all different.* I am a tall, average body size male my stride length is naturally longer than the average person and I normally walk faster than most people in day to day life. It was just my walking speed you see in the video and only stoped for a pee break at McDonalds near Oxford Circus or for red lights and road crossings etc Walking takes less effort and then running. You can hold a more consistent pace throughout the whole race, instead of having a faster pace at the beginning and slowing down overtime. Like the tortoise 🐢 and hare 🐇
@@TheDeeDyson Not a problem mate, thanks for getting back to me. My only thought was that maybe you did 26km instead of miles, but when you take into account a longer stride length (I have an admittedly small one…) then keeping up a faster walk is feasible, and keeping it up for almost 7 hours is a mark of good fitness. It’s still an incredible pace and one I could definitely not keep up with, so kudos to you. I might try it one day and see just how many hours it takes me…😂
MINIMUM PACE/CUT-OFF TIME POLICY: Competitors will only be eligible for a medal and to feature in the results if they complete the course before the official cut off time which is currently 19:00 on the day of the Event. If you started at 10:00. 19-10 = 9 Hours. I still would have made it for 7 anyway. ✌🏼
@@TheDeeDyson Having ran the London 5 times including yesterday I can tell you terms state you must complete your run from the time of activation of your chip at the start 7 hours total to be awarded a medal 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅
That’s not true. Absolute legend… Tom Durnin was the last person to cross the London Marathon finish line this year… completing the course in 8 hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds. He was awarded a medal🏅
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Well done! People don’t realise how much effort and suffering it is to walk that distance. Hope the feet and legs make a quick recovery. Great video.
Completely agree with you. Thank you very much! Thanks for watching. 😁
thanks for making marathon walking popular. I walked the full marathon with BIB in about 5 and half hour and yes, also got medal
Well done! This is my plan when I decide to do a marathon!
Thanks. Good luck to you. You’ll have to let us know your bid number to cheer you on.
Well done!
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for such info, for surely will try to walk marathon and get that medal.
Nice job. As I age I tend to see running and walking as the same thing. Building muscular and aerobic endurance. I have an uncle who's in his 80s, out walking every day. It does the same for him as jogging does for me in my 40s, or running faster might have done in my 20s. on another note, I saw that Hal Higdon has marathon walking plans.
Just walked a Marathon in 6:39 hrs
Iam 46
🤩 Whoooo!!!!! Congratulations!!!! 🤩
Dang. That’s pretty impressive
Good job!
really cool and interesting video :) 👍
Thanks you 😁
You did great tbh!
Thank you! 😄
Inspiring. I want to give it a try. Thanks for sharing. How long did it take you to recover from the walk ?
It was painful to sit down on the train after the walk. Even though, I'd finished.... My body felt I should keep walking.
General aches and pains... Couple days. But, I'd some how managed a stress cuboid fracture after. It took months to recover...
Going to be controversial here and say I think you got something wrong somewhere with the distance or the timing mate. I did the 2021 London Marathon and although I didn’t run all of it (I am not a runner at all) I was at the halfway point by about 2:40 having jogged most of the distance. The second half was a bit worse and my final time was 6:32. Apart from 2 pee breaks I didn’t stop at all, and I definitely wasn’t walking slowly, so there’s no way you should be able to do it in 6:43 unless you were speed walking the entire thing. Something doesn’t add up somewhere I feel…
i walk fastish on longer walks of 10km, and tend to average 6-6-4kmph but to consistently walk at 6.4km ph for 26 miles with breaks is something else, not sure about this, i also run marathons/ultras and i think power walking at this average pace through towns and crossing roads etc would slow the average down, perhaps this is just the moving time and all the rest bits excluded ???
It’s cool. Questions are good and always welcome. I’ve checked the route it is 26.2 miles. *You have to remember, we are all different.* I am a tall, average body size male my stride length is naturally longer than the average person and I normally walk faster than most people in day to day life.
It was just my walking speed you see in the video and only stoped for a pee break at McDonalds near Oxford Circus or for red lights and road crossings etc
Walking takes less effort and then running. You can hold a more consistent pace throughout the whole race, instead of having a faster pace at the beginning and slowing down overtime.
Like the tortoise 🐢 and hare 🐇
@@TheDeeDyson Not a problem mate, thanks for getting back to me. My only thought was that maybe you did 26km instead of miles, but when you take into account a longer stride length (I have an admittedly small one…) then keeping up a faster walk is feasible, and keeping it up for almost 7 hours is a mark of good fitness. It’s still an incredible pace and one I could definitely not keep up with, so kudos to you. I might try it one day and see just how many hours it takes me…😂
Guess who got another ballot entry for the 2025 London Marathon…😂
have u ever walked 26.2 miles tho.... hard work in itself ...
also u can not start at 10 am.. it goes in waves.. only fast runners get the 10am slot ..people that will finish in sub 3-4
I'm thinking just
You have to stay ahead of the double decker bus 🚌 at the back that collects the people who aren’t going to make it.
Your calculations have a flaw my friend. The time to get a medal is 7 hours not 9 . Check if you don't believe me😂
MINIMUM PACE/CUT-OFF TIME POLICY: Competitors will only be eligible for a medal and to feature in the results if they complete the course before the official cut off time which is currently 19:00 on the day of the Event.
If you started at 10:00. 19-10 = 9 Hours. I still would have made it for 7 anyway. ✌🏼
@@TheDeeDyson Having ran the London 5 times including yesterday I can tell you terms state you must complete your run from the time of activation of your chip at the start 7 hours total to be awarded a medal 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅
That’s not true. Absolute legend… Tom Durnin was the last person to cross the London Marathon finish line this year… completing the course in 8 hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds.
He was awarded a medal🏅