I've been offered a last minute London Marathon place, am I mad to take it?

[Skade]

The hospital charity where I work have just emailed me to say they have a last minute London Marathon place available due to injury, and do I want it? I had till midday to respond so have said yes

Currently I run around 25-40km a week, broken up into 2-3 5km runs and 1-2 10-15km runs depending how I'm feeling. I did a half marathon in just under 3 hours in May which went okay, but haven't tried it since.

Marathon is 3rd October so I have 43 days to train, is this doable? And does anyone know of any good training plans? Hoping people with marathon experience can help here! Thanks all

Good luck! I’ll be doing it tomorrow too, powered by jelly babies!

Good luck OP!

How did you get on, OP? Hope it went well!

I struggled round in 7 hrs, but the crowd was just amazing!

It was amazing! I managed to do it in 5 hours 45 so was really pleased with that time. I had been worried about running with so many people but the crowd were fantastic - that last mile with people shouting your name was a memory never to be forgotten - I think I sprinted it!

I'm a bit broken this morning though

Well done @StoopitAutocarrot! Did the jelly babies fuel you? My jelly beans definitely did!

The jelly babies got really sweet after a while, but my daughter ( support team) produced some marmite whirls at mile 16 which were brilliant.

Well done @Skade. What a fantastic result!

That's amazing @Skade!!!!!! Big well done to you.

Well done!!

Amazing result! Well done. Hope the legs feel better soon 🏃‍♀️