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People on Countdown or C4C or Apterous or whatever doing awesome things

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Gevin Chapwell ran the London Marathon today. He did it in seven million degree weather and glow-in-the-dark running shoes. Absolute hero.
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Cool, what was his time and did you spot him on the telly ?
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Mark Deeks wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:53 pm Gevin Chapwell ran the London Marathon today. He did it in seven million degree weather and glow-in-the-dark running shoes. Absolute hero.
Giles also did it! Unsure about any glow-in-the-dark shoes though.
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Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:57 pm Cool, what was his time and did you spot him on the telly ?
I got 3:43:06. I was aiming for under 3 hours, but that went off the rails quite early. Tim Down did it a couple of years ago and went under 3 hours, and I'm even more impressed with that now.

And congratulations to Giles of course as well. Pity I didn't see you on the day. I did think you might go flying past at one point when I was struggling badly at the end.

And Mark, thanks for the praise, but I'm not sure - actually yeah I'll take it. I'm a fucking hero.
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Not you, I was talking about Gevin Chapwell. Did you also do it though, Gavin?
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Mark Deeks wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:47 pm Not you, I was talking about Gevin Chapwell. Did you also do it though, Gavin?
I get us mixed up sometimes. Similar names. Like Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger.
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