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cowgirl668 wrote (see)

WiB - that was uncalled for & unnecessary.

Are you just being offended by proxy? I would be interested what is wrong with the question.

Also, I am not sure what the point you were trying to make was with it anyway.

DF3 - You wouldn't want to be shown up by slow ultra runners right? They are only doing it as they can't post a decent marathon???

Although as it's LDWA you will have lots of comapny as you walk

David Falconer 3 wrote (see)

It should be the top 20% time of an average London marathon.

So whatever time the last person in the top 20% registered, that should be considered the bare minimum mark you need to achieve.

Miss read it first time!... sounds reasonable

Good stuff. You will love it

I will run WHW at some point. Would be interested in others up there as it looks to have some great running possibilities 

cowgirl668 wrote (see)

I saw a chap walking & carrying an obviously very sick child at mile 23.

He was wearing a children with cancer vest.

That made me humble !

Is that an acceptable time to walk ?

 Was that one entry or did they have a number each?

literatin wrote (see)

WiB, okay, fair enough. Looking back to the original post it was about people who had walked 'the majority' of the race, some of whom would have planned to. But if they'd planned to they'd probably be people who couldn't run for whatever reason, and might therefore find it harder to walk than you or I might find it to run. And if they hadn't planned to, they'd have started off running and then walked, and the walking would be harder than normal walking.

Having thought about it, I've decided the easiest thing for a moderately well-trained person would be to jog the whole thing at recovery pace. Less time on feet than walking, less effort than running.

The moral of the story appears to be that it will hurt if you go far enough without training, regardless of how you do it?