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London Marathon a Scam or A Life long Experience.

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True thats really a good question and that's how a free society would be like. Not the ones who have their pockets full could have only ran.
Thats a basic entertainment even denied for the poors.
Sneaks! Do you get tired physically or you get shortness of breath?

Both! although I can run on the spot with my Wii fit for AGES. i think its probably just the impact on my lower back which is essentially F****D to put it politely. I have a ton of metal in it to support various sections and I look like a teddy bear (with a big 'zip' like scar up the back). When I jog for my wii fit I do it on a little trampolene to absorb the impact.

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Sneaks Its ofcourse none of my business but did you had an accident or something?. There are various varieties of impact absorbing shoes available containing air and even gel. I guess walking is as good as jogging. I lost like 15kgs in 4 months by walking 12000steps a day.

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right,sorry for any offence to marathon runners out there, just repeating what my specialist told me.

Dispatcher, I too like walking, although my specialist told me to keep that down to less than 30 miles per week, she was shocked by the ten miles in a day (not every day, probably every few days, plus the walk to town and back every day, which is about 5 miles) habit I used to have (I have knee problems). I have read that road-side excercise of any kind is potentially damaging because it makes us breath more deeply, and take in rotten car fumes. But I do it any way.

I like swimming, but I still haven't got back into it again:$

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Hi, I walk when rest of the folks are asleep:$ Its usually between 9.30-11.30pm or 4.30-6.30 am. I don't know how to swim as i was put off by a m8 who always pees in the swimming pools:-s When I get down to a decent bmi I will start running again dont want to run b4 i can walk...lol

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Quote From sneaks:

is there anything that actually stops someone popping under the barrier and joining in on the marathon?


Not a huge amount though apparently if you run without a number you will get hauled off the course by a marshall. What would actually happen I don't know. I guess it's a free country so they can't excactly stop you going for a 26.2 mile run from Greenwich to the Mall that happens to coincde with the london marathon, but they might take issue with you taking water from the water stations.

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Sneaks Its ofcourse none of my business but did you had an accident or something?. There are various varieties of impact absorbing shoes available containing air and even gel. I guess walking is as good as jogging. I lost like 15kgs in 4 months by walking 12000steps a day.


When i was 20, I started gettin really bad back pain and my legs were going numb. I found out it was because my spine had finally stopped growing and they realised I had a birth defect essentially, a narrowing of the spinal canal .. http://metrosportsmed.patientsites.com/tpl-210/Injuries-Conditions/Lower-Back/Lower-Back-Issues/Lumbar-Spinal-Stenosis/a~51/article.html

And I've had a few of the metal X-stop implants at the bottom of the article.

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Just thought I'd congratulate you on your marathon Catalin - well done (up) !

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