Over 50's club

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Eynsham Red Feb 2018 8:43pm, 15 Feb 2018 2,547 posts	0 Eynsham Red I have a photo of myself at the 2006 London Marathon taken when I was twenty or so yards behind the runner in front of me. It looks as though I’m leading the field. I actually finished in just under five hours.
Nick Cook Feb 2018 10:54am, 16 Feb 2018 29,881 posts	0 Nick Cook I did the 2006 London Marathon too. My one and only marathon. I finished in 4h 17m.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Feb 2018 8:43pm, 16 Feb 2018 3,625 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain I had the opposite experience at the Hoy Half Marathon (field about 100). At about 8 miles I could hear someone behind me for quite a while (other than the wind - absent that day - Hoy is a very peaceful place). Eventually I turned around to see a long stretch of empty road across a deserted moor. The ghost runner?
Eynsham Red Feb 2018 9:06pm, 16 Feb 2018 2,549 posts	0 Eynsham Red Found it.....
57.5 Degrees of Pain Feb 2018 10:15pm, 16 Feb 2018 3,628 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Well done on the win! I would have expected a bit more joy from the finishers.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Feb 2018 10:18pm, 16 Feb 2018 3,629 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain During my last cross country race I was so far behind the next runner they were out of sight. But there was a crowd in touch with me behind. I did enjoy the fantasy of leading the race for a while!
Sharkie Feb 2018 10:40pm, 16 Feb 2018 13,039 posts	0 Sharkie Because of the nature of my running I am quite often a resounding last in my races.... but I win quite a few too!
Eynsham Red Feb 2018 10:58am, 17 Feb 2018 2,553 posts	0 Eynsham Red The only time that I’m likely to win anything is if there was a category unique to me, i.e. a man of my age, with my name and born in the same hospital. Otherwise I’m down the back end of the also-rans. But the important thing is the “ran”.
WtnMel Feb 2018 11:52am, 17 Feb 2018 981 posts	0 WtnMel Still no running going on here. Sore left foot is not quite so sore but still shuffling around at home resting it. Hopefully a few more days of resting it, flexing it and popping the odd ibuprofen and it might be back to normal (fingers crossed anyway).
steve45 Feb 2018 12:02pm, 17 Feb 2018 2,369 posts	0 steve45 Some years ago I was running (OK...jogging or plodding!) along a trail by a river and I heard what sounded like someone running behind me...it was a Canada Goose undoubtedly trying to catch me and it held my pace for a good twenty metres...which kinda crushed my ego! Yeah...a wild goose chase!