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Ray Murphy owed a great debt to his mate and physio David Penny for managing to complete the 2012 Virgin London Marathon.
Having been satisfied with his training over the past twelve months to be prepared for his second ever Marathon attempt, Murphy was in despair when seventy two hours prior to Marathon day Murphy rolled out of his bed at 4.45am to make his trip to work to find himself in agony and hardly able to move owing to pains shooting from his right leg.
Having registered in at the Marathon the previous day Murphy spent the evening with his sister June in Upminster and stayed over with her family for the evening and a sleepless night had been taken with the pain seemingly arising from nowhere. Knowing that he had to drive to Chichester for work and that his mate Penny was due to go to Ilfracombe that day Murphy in hope dropped a text to his physio at 5am.
Penny affectionately known as Dr Death, the pair having known each other with stints at Bashley, Winchester City and Eastleigh sent an immediate reply ‘what time can you get here’ to which Murphy sent back ‘I am in London and can be with you by 7.30am’. The answer ‘see you then then’.
Murphy drove straight to Penny’s practice in Totton and was greeted at the door to the shocked Penny who mocked if I get you ready for Sunday this could be my biggest ever achievement.
Following an hours work on the diagnosed sciatica, Murphy was relieved to have been able to walk from the clinic back to his car. With a bit more treatment and massaging over the next twenty-four hours then another stint of Dr Deaths magic on Saturday morning Murphy decided he would participate.
The Marathon was hard work and I was in agony for absolute miles and it seemed endless. Having wanted to have beaten his previous time of six hours six minutes, it was evident inside the first mile that the decision to attempt to run the 26 plus mile course was not going to happen, so it was just reversed to that Murphy just needed to finish. It took 6 hours 46 minutes but crossing that finish line was worth all the hard work that had been done both on Murphy’s training, Dr Death’s expertise and the sponsorship raised for Murphy’s two charities of Great Ormond Street Hospital and St Francis Hospice.
It left Penny to comment Well done mate so pleased for you and proud and to be honest amazed struggling to walk on Thursday London Marathon on Sunday – even I think I’m good now lol’
You can still help Ray in raising more sponsorship he has almost reached £2,500
Having been satisfied with his training over the past twelve months to be prepared for his second ever Marathon attempt, Murphy was in despair when seventy two hours prior to Marathon day Murphy rolled out of his bed at 4.45am to make his trip to work to find himself in agony and hardly able to move owing to pains shooting from his right leg.
Having registered in at the Marathon the previous day Murphy spent the evening with his sister June in Upminster and stayed over with her family for the evening and a sleepless night had been taken with the pain seemingly arising from nowhere. Knowing that he had to drive to Chichester for work and that his mate Penny was due to go to Ilfracombe that day Murphy in hope dropped a text to his physio at 5am.
Penny affectionately known as Dr Death, the pair having known each other with stints at Bashley, Winchester City and Eastleigh sent an immediate reply ‘what time can you get here’ to which Murphy sent back ‘I am in London and can be with you by 7.30am’. The answer ‘see you then then’.
Murphy drove straight to Penny’s practice in Totton and was greeted at the door to the shocked Penny who mocked if I get you ready for Sunday this could be my biggest ever achievement.
Following an hours work on the diagnosed sciatica, Murphy was relieved to have been able to walk from the clinic back to his car. With a bit more treatment and massaging over the next twenty-four hours then another stint of Dr Deaths magic on Saturday morning Murphy decided he would participate.
The Marathon was hard work and I was in agony for absolute miles and it seemed endless. Having wanted to have beaten his previous time of six hours six minutes, it was evident inside the first mile that the decision to attempt to run the 26 plus mile course was not going to happen, so it was just reversed to that Murphy just needed to finish. It took 6 hours 46 minutes but crossing that finish line was worth all the hard work that had been done both on Murphy’s training, Dr Death’s expertise and the sponsorship raised for Murphy’s two charities of Great Ormond Street Hospital and St Francis Hospice.
It left Penny to comment Well done mate so pleased for you and proud and to be honest amazed struggling to walk on Thursday London Marathon on Sunday – even I think I’m good now lol’
You can still help Ray in raising more sponsorship he has almost reached £2,500
Please sponsor Ray for the 2012 London Marathon
supporting Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and Saint Francis Hospice @
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/raymurphy
supporting Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and Saint Francis Hospice @
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/raymurphy
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