Passed this bloke at about 7 miles in. I was a bit surprised that he was going so well, cos quite frankly - he was about twice the size of the runners around him.
Seems he went off a bit too fast - I cant even match his 10k time on a stand alone race - let alone as part of the marathon. I'm impressed he did so well.
Seems the wheels fell off a bit after that - but who can blame him.
Times If anyone knows if he has a justgiving account - I'd like to donate - he did bloody well to get round after that speedy start.
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F*CKING HELL!
SUb 40 10k! Ok im getting there. But then 7 hours overall, the wheels went somewhere!
RW got to find this guy. Get him in the mag. Saying that love to see him at a 10k. suprise a few racing snakes.
Yep I'll agree with you that he must have been going some! I started in pen 2 of the Red start, and crossed the start line after only 15-20 secs and then saw him parked up on the side of the road at about (I thought) 6 miles or so. I'd got to that point by doing 7m27s mm pace and had to do a double take when I saw him as I couldn't work out how someone SO large had managed to get to that point ahead of me.
He looked ready to pass out when I saw him...
Well... using my researcher skills....
He ran for click sargent, however i can't find him on just giving or on be my charity... all slightly strange
But here are the photos
It takes me an hour to get round a 10k (and I'm 9 and a half stone... )
Is it this guy?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/racing/article3098396.ece
Just looked at the pics and if that's him in the purple top there is almost no way he could run a 37min 10k being that size.
As a larger runner at my peek fitness I could only manage 48 mins and I was no where near his bulk then.
There must of been some chip timing problem at the start?
Did he use a horse for the first 10k ? Anyone see one tethered up at the 6 mile post ?
1 hour 45 minutes for the last 7km. Brilliant
He doesn't have an individual Bmycharity page because he was running as part of a team - "Team Billy"
https://www.bmycharity.com/V2/BillysAppealSponsorme
I did a quick google on him, and the 2nd or 3rd thing that came up was "Charles Egerton - breakfast for 6". Unfortunate! (it was a prize he'd donated)
Still, very impressive he continued. I saw him come past just before 6 miles, he looked like he was going to explode and we were sure he was going to get taken off in an ambulance. He must have incredible willpower.
37 min 10k??
Blimey!?!
Just imagine what he could do if he lost the excess weight!
He must have fantastic biomechanics....
If this is Charles Edgerton, Alan Brazil on Talksport was going on about him not being able to run a mile.
He is big in the Racing world, as is Alan Brazil.
Blimey!
1 His pace for the first 10km was 6:05 minutes per mile.
2 Had he kept this initial pace up he would have run a 2:39 marathon and qualified comfortably for the National Championships next year.
3 Given the nature of his run it seems unlikely that he has had much race practice or structured training and must have run on natural speed and mental strength alone. One can only summise what his 5 and 10km times would be with a proper training schedule.
4 Taking fluid on board is difficult at his initial running pace without practice or slowing down. I think it unlikely he drank much before the 10km mark. This would have included of course the Lucozade Station at 5 miles.
5 I think we can conclude that his glycogen reserves were spent soon after the 10km mark and that any subsequent energy drink or gel was too late to make a difference.
7 He ran the risk of serious injury and I hope the fact that he finished meant that he was not one of the 40 runners admitted to hospital.
Again I take my hat off to him for completing the course.
I seem to be resident spoil sport FF, but ........................
NFW!
I saw him too at just after 6m (10k), must've been a "wheeze" with a mate (think I saw someone 'helping' him) running a super quick 10k and then passing the chip to him. I ran 3.02 (with a negative split ) but my 10k pb is 37.51 and I'm 11 st.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but.....
My OH saw this guy - just in front of the elites - walking along sweating profusely and drinking water but had his t-shirt over his vest, with his large stomach hanging out. This was at 6 miles - just past the Maritime Museum. He recognised this guys stomach from the photos - he said he made a mental note to himself thinking blimey - if he can do it then so can I.
We saw him at the RW aid station at Mile 17 and expressed some surprise at his physique!
Presumably he started at the point Jezza saw him?
His first 5k split was very similar to that of mine and I'm sure I'd have remembered seeing him!
Fair play for him doing the rest of it. I don't know anyone that size who'd put themselves through that and in such a public manner.
This story has had me laughing with tears in my eyes, brilliant .