Day Six - Review

Apologies for not posting a Progress Update during today, internet access has been poor.

This morning started with the usual bedroom frolics as Steve and Andy took it in turns to apply support tape to each other;

Steve thoroughly enjoys this part of the day as you can see from the cheesy grin on his face in this next picture;

The good news is that Day 6 / Marathon 6 was completed successfully at 4.45pm this evening. It was the longest day yet at 6h40m, reflecting a difficult start this morning when it took an hour to do the first three miles. Here they are at the start in Kendal town centre;

It's not been all hard work on this challenge though, Steve and Andy found time to do some window shopping in Kendal;

The terrain was much kinder today and the weather wasn't too bad apart from one wet spell going through Carnforth and by close of play, the sun was shining!

The half way point (above) came between Milnthorpe and Carnforth and the lads took a longer than usual break to recover and re-apply dressings to blisters. Here's one of Andy's;

There's nothing more to say on the injury front other than the ankles / knees and blister situation is only getting worse as you might expect. Spirits were definetely better today, with the thought of getting back in to Lancashire and a night in their own beds providing much needed motivation.

Before moving off from the 13 mile mark, Steve was keen to express his appreciation of the snug fit of Andy's running shorts. This whole male bonding thing is really going too far.

Approaching Carnforth, Brian and Wayne arrived and jumped out of Langy's car to run the second part of the day with the lads. This really helped and undoubtedly got them through the rest of the run so a big thanks is due to the two half-marathoners!

The journey then wound through Lancaster before finishing just outside the Lancaster University campus. Due to the traffic situation, they ended up running 26.4 miles today so tomorrow's run will be cut short to a much more manageable 26.0 miles. They've got it too easy!

Steve and Andy arrived home at 5.45pm where the plan was to get straight into an ice bath and then out for a physio session.

Day 7 kicks off at 9am Saturday when we shall drive back to Lancaster to start the last marathon. If all goes to plan and they get running waddling by 10am, we should arrive at the Red Lion some time between 4pm and 5pm. Please try and come along to cheer them home and reinforce just how special this achievement is. 

Oh and good luck to the BJFF Under 8's tomorrow morning in their games against Foxhall and Blackpool Rangers. Come on you Whites!