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London Marathon 2025

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  • Vinohraddick
    Vinohraddick Posts: 30
    AllHailTheHen said:
    Vinohraddick said:
    One of the rhinos will be an Addick this year!

    If you see RHINO JAMES, be sure to give me a shout - I'm gonna be sweating like hell in there 🥵




    Fair play mate. No easy thing running a marathon let alone wearing a rhino suit!
    AllHailTheHen said:
    Vinohraddick said:
    One of the rhinos will be an Addick this year!

    If you see RHINO JAMES, be sure to give me a shout - I'm gonna be sweating like hell in there 🥵




    Fair play mate. No easy thing running a marathon let alone wearing a rhino suit!
    Cheers! I've already run a few, so happy for a new challenge...less happy to hear it's gonna be 21 degrees though!

    I've got the same Asics Superblasts as you, praying they're the cheat code everyone is saying they are.

    Best of luck on Sunday!!
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,860
    edited April 25
    I realised I wasn’t destined to be a champion marathon runner when I got overtaken by a hippo.
  • ImBetterThanShaun
    ImBetterThanShaun Posts: 153
    palarsehater said:
    anyone thats running stick numbers on here as we also have a large contingent following my pals in 

    charlton > canary wharf > westminster > trafalgar sqaure 
    12981 - and running for Sue Ryder 👍
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited April 26
    SporadicAddick said:
    I realised I wasn’t destined to be a champion marathon runner when I got overtaken by a hippo.
    normally if you see a Rhino, running up behind you, i thought you ran faster..much faster!
  • ImBetterThanShaun
    ImBetterThanShaun Posts: 153

  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,680
    Where’s the links to everyone’s donation pages? Stick them up and I’ll put a few quid in (apart from you stop shouting)
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,860
    ImBetterThanShaun said:

    Banana for scale.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,459

    https://2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jamie-shea

  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,680
    Done
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,459
    Boom said:
    Done
    Thanks very much. Really appreciate that.
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  • ImBetterThanShaun
    ImBetterThanShaun Posts: 153
    edited April 27
    https://www.justgiving.com/page/rob-eaglesham-1734386807860
  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,680
    done
  • ImBetterThanShaun
    ImBetterThanShaun Posts: 153
    Boom said:
    done
    Cheers Boom! Much appreciated 
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    edited April 27
    Boom said:
    Where’s the links to everyone’s donation pages? Stick them up and I’ll put a few quid in (apart from you stop shouting)
    Oi oi. I’ll try me luck 
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,117
    AllHailTheHen said:
    Well that was brutal. By far the toughest of the 3 times I have run London but got around in 4:26:45 which I'm happy with.


    Great time considering conditions. Well done. 
  • 19addickted96
    19addickted96 Posts: 475
    well done all who partook, especially the Addicks running!
    Definitely saw Rhino James running, although there seemed a cohort of Rhinos - presumably all together or 'related'!?

    Saw Chris Solly just after he set off, who genuinely seemed shocked to be recognised- im told John Terry also ran, so would hope Chris' time was better than JTs, to keep the chant alive... 5"3 is accurate though!!
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,117
    19addickted96 said:
    well done all who partook, especially the Addicks running!
    Definitely saw Rhino James running, although there seemed a cohort of Rhinos - presumably all together or 'related'!?

    Saw Chris Solly just after he set off, who genuinely seemed shocked to be recognised- im told John Terry also ran, so would hope Chris' time was better than JTs, to keep the chant alive... 5"3 is accurate though!!
    Chris Solly was indeed faster than John Terry (4:26 vs 5:00). 

    As for my own race. It was very hot!!  I was hoping for 5:30 but finished in 5:46. 
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    Many thanks to the lifers in here that sponsored me. It’s much appreciated x
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  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,021
    Hope you guys and girls that run yesterday aren't too sore today.  Post Marathon DOMS can be a killer.
  • Vinohraddick
    Vinohraddick Posts: 30

  • tom_k
    tom_k Posts: 1,207
    AllHailTheHen said:
    Well that was brutal. By far the toughest of the 3 times I have run London but got around in 4:26:45 which I'm happy with.


    Interestingly, Chris Solly finished 14 seconds in front of you, did you see him?
  • Vinohraddick
    Vinohraddick Posts: 30
    edited April 28
    There were 12 of us rhinos, all running for the charity Save the Rhino International.
    Absolutely amazing atmosphere, crowds were brilliant from start to finish.
    Had a costume malfunction on the 10th mile, the frame broke so the rhino head started pulling the costume down over my head and I couldn't see anything with physically holding the costume up, which destroyed my arms. So last 16 miles were kinda brutal.
    Managed to finish in 5 hrs 15 mins. Really unforgettable experience. Today I'm a little broken :)
    Congrats to everyone who ran it!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,955
    Was at Canada Water yesterday watching and was so hot just standing around in the crowd in the direct sun, can't imagine how difficult it was for those running - especially in a rhino suit!!

    Well done to everyone who managed it, so impressive.
  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,333
    Well done everyone that ran especially the Rhinos which I saw on Shooters Hill (one of them at least).....didn't see any Charlton shirts...saw Norwich, Leeds and a few Argentinian shirts. It was very uplifting watching it and with the crowd shouting the runners names it had a great spirit to it.....back to the USA Saturday (bringing the good weather back with me I'm afraid) and hopefully back for the playoff final....been a great 6 weeks and have seen 3 games at the Valley.....London is a great city be proud to be from here......onwards and upwards COYA
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,827
    Congratulations to all you runners, I’m both jealous and in awe every year. 

    The crowds yesterday were incredible. Managed to get to 4 spots to see my sis in law (Woolwich, Rotherhithe, Canary Wharf, Lower Thames St). Hoped to try and see her at Westminster but by the time we eventually got on a tube at Cannon St (had to let 5 full tubes go) it was too late.

    Must have been very hard running in that sun. Always amazes me even at Woolwich how some people are proper knackered after just 3 miles.

    SIL run for MNDA and we went to their gathering afterwards. They do this brilliant thing where everytime someone walks in the room with a medal, the whole room stands, claps and cheers them in. A great thing and really emotional. 

    I did 11 miles walking yesterday just supporting and I’m knackered today, so gawd knows how you runners feel! 

    Well done all 
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Vinohraddick said:
    There were 12 of us rhinos, all running for the charity Save the Rhino International.
    Absolutely amazing atmosphere, crowds were brilliant from start to finish.
    Had a costume malfunction on the 10th mile, the frame broke so the rhino head started pulling the costume down over my head and I couldn't see anything with physically holding the costume up, which destroyed my arms. So last 16 miles were kinda brutal.
    Managed to finish in 5 hrs 15 mins. Really unforgettable experience. Today I'm a little broken :)
    Congrats to everyone who ran it!
    Think I saw you in Canary Wharf. In awe of you running that time in that suit and the conditions. Incredible stuff.

    Of the 3 I have done that's the best crowd I have experienced.  Was so loud with no real quiet spots across the course. The London Marathon really is one of those "best of humanity" type days the way the crowd support complete strangers. Its an utterly brilliant day.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,848
    edited April 28
    Not long back home after a great weekend (apart from the football!).

    Robert was on for a good time but by his own admission he probably went out a bit too fast for the first 8 miles or so. The heat was brutal and a tweak on his hamstring at Tower Bridge and then a groin strain at around 18 miles or so meant that he was quite a bit slower than his previous attempt. But he kept on and finished running across the line, and he now has two medals. I'm so proud of my boys.

    The crowds were insane everywhere - it seemed like the whole of London (and from many other parts further afield) was out on the streets. Horse Guards Parade was a sea of people and walking back up The Mall and through Admiralty Arch as we left we were met with a crammed full Trafalgar Square.

    The London Marathon is without a doubt the most uplifting experience for runners and spectators alike. Humanity at its finest.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    edited April 28
    Salute to anybody doing the marathon - it's a hell of an achievement. I'd rather shit in both hands and clap than run 26 miles again in my life. 

    A mate raised the lunacy bar by riding from Manchester to London on Saturday, then running a marathon PB on Sunday. Loon. 


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