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What relatively "enjoyable" common things could you not physically do even for ten million pounds...

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AmericaIsSoBloodyGreat · 04/05/2026 09:24

Run the London Marathon, or even half a marathon. I just cannot run. I did one park run once and was in tears by the end of it as if I'd just run from one side of Africa to the other raising millions for charity. Running is pure, pure torture. Cycling is also hell on earth.

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SaltyandSweet · 04/05/2026 09:38

I mean, for 10 million pounds, I'd give nearly anything a go ...

FedUpOfThisGCSEmalarkey · 04/05/2026 09:41

Yeah I think I’d find the motivation for intense training for 10m haha

WitsEnd694 · 04/05/2026 09:45

Walk it? Might take about 9/10 hours. But id do it for 1 million, 10 would be nicer of course! 🤣

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maftall · 04/05/2026 09:46

Sea/cold water swimming
Roller coaster
Kayaking or any small boat journey
Running - I can't!

But I'm not young anymore either...

AmericaIsSoBloodyGreat · 04/05/2026 09:49

WitsEnd694 · 04/05/2026 09:45

Walk it? Might take about 9/10 hours. But id do it for 1 million, 10 would be nicer of course! 🤣

It says "run"

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Sonolanona · 04/05/2026 19:25

For 10 million , I'd get a trainer and train until I COULD run a marathon. !!! But I'm with you... I can't run. I'm not horribly unfit (I play squash a few times a week) but I simply can't run. I hate it.
Pretty crap at cycling too tbf...

TheeNotoriousPIG · 04/05/2026 19:39

Running a marathon. I do not run anywhere, unless absolutely physically necessary! FYI, I am physically fit and strong. I just don't find running fun!

Going to a busy shopping centre/concert/event... there are too many people all in the same place!

Having sex. Sorry, folks, but I'm absolutely dead inside, and I'm more than happy being single!

PistachioTiramisu · 04/05/2026 19:42

OP, I could never run at school - i was slim, healthy and energetic, but running did not agree with me and gave me a stitch.

Squirrelchops1 · 04/05/2026 19:44

That parkour free running stuff. There's no way.

frozendaisy · 04/05/2026 19:45

Diving
although not common common
i would rather be homeless than submerged underwater

frozendaisy · 04/05/2026 19:46

I’d be fine in a swimming pool
just not the wild

SixLeggedSugarBug · 04/05/2026 19:47

Smoke a cigarette even typing the word makes me feel uncomfortable.

WhatAMarvelousTune · 04/05/2026 19:49

I’m not sure I could do a bungee jump or a parachute jump for £10m. I think I’d probably pass out before jumping.

CrowsInMyGarden · 04/05/2026 19:49

I’m old and fat but I’d try a marathon for that money. I already love cold water swimming, roller coasters, gigs. Don’t believe in ghosts so would happily stay in “haunted” hotel. Would not hunt or eat any animal.

Pixiedust49 · 04/05/2026 19:51

Go caving. Claustrophobic hell.

Hatty65 · 04/05/2026 19:51

Climb Everest. I cannot think of anything worse and have read too many horrific tales of people dying on the mountain. See also 'Trekking to the South Pole'.

I do not like the cold.

user2848502016 · 04/05/2026 19:52

Free climbing a skyscraper (or any building above one storey!)
There many things I hate like running and roller coasters but for £10M there’s not much I wouldn’t do

frozendaisy · 04/05/2026 19:53

Pixiedust49 · 04/05/2026 19:51

Go caving. Claustrophobic hell.

Yes forgot about caving

igelkott2026 · 04/05/2026 20:01

The Severn Bridge parkrun

If you don't like heights, it's not for you.

Although for £10 million I'd find a way.

user1497787065 · 04/05/2026 20:01

Go for a Spa Day

FuriousInventions · 04/05/2026 20:03

Wild swimming. DH & DC love it. It’s my idea of hell.

NeedATreat · 04/05/2026 20:05

See, I pay good money to do marathons but could not go clubbing or to a Bongo’s Bingo type thing for all the money in the world. (Although, all the money in the world is quite a lot so perhaps I have to rethink…)

DeftGoldHedgehog · 04/05/2026 20:06

Walk over a narrow ridge or scramble down a cliff. Any heights where I might fall off.

Giraffeandthedog · 04/05/2026 20:07

Assuming I would be given time and possibly funds to train, I could attempt most things but not - caving, diving, free-climbing, base jumping, tight-rope walking, trapeze without a net, sword swallowing, or any of those “in the jungle” insect-based challenges.

SummerFeverVenice · 04/05/2026 20:09

Go to the cinema
It’s too noisy

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