Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jon_Phelps on April 26, 2016, 09:30:28 pm
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Back on the 22nd August last year I broke my ankle quite badly. It was my own stupid fault for rushing around. A stupid choice I made. Well with that I made another choice, to bounce back and get fitter then ever before and run the London Marathon.
On Sunday I did just that! I finished in a respectable 4 hours 14 mins & 43 secs (not bad for someone who couldn't walk until just before Christmas) and raised £1800 for charity in the process!
Thought it might be nice to share my story as a few of you gave some solid advice about how to retain my customers during the down time. Doesn't matter what you want to achieve, health or business. Make a choice, stick to it and you might just surprise yourself.
Jon
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fair play to you Jon! Well done
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Oh and I still got up to go to work on Monday and today!!! Legs are very sore though!
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Well done Jon ;)
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Well done. Great achievement.
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Well done Jon good going.
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Wow!! That's good going, will done Jon👍
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And this has to do with window cleaning?
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Well done Jon. Great personal achievement 👍
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And this has to do with window cleaning?
Obviously..... nothing.
Why not just say 'this has nothing to do with window cleaning moan moan moan'.
The Tennis Elbow thread looks interesting. Maybe read that instead.
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And this has to do with window cleaning?
He's a window cleaner ;)
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And this has to do with window cleaning?
He's a window cleaner ;)
I buggered up my ankle falling from a ladder whilst working and I'm a window cleaner. Thats the link
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Well done jon, good for you. :)
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well done john.i remember the guy who i used to work for back in 1992 running it(he was 44 at the time) and he was in work the next day running up and down ladders.i thought he was superman.i was in my early 20s and couldnt even run a mile! ::)roll ;D
he d broke his pelvis previously falling off a ladder.i still see him working from ladders now at 68 all these years later. :)
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well done and great work
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In that first pic I thought you'd did it in a wheelchair.
My brain isn't working today.
Well done.
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Well done John I couldn't do that and I'm half your age!
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In that first pic I thought you'd did it in a wheelchair.
My brain isn't working today.
Well done.
In the second one I thought he'd done it spider crab style.
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Well done on a great achievement
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Darran
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Well done John I couldn't do that and I'm half your age!
Jon looks good for 120.
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Well done Jon.
John
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Very well done.
Were you a runner before the injury?
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Very well done.
Were you a runner before the injury?
Hi,
No I wasn't much of a runner beforehand. More into my mountain biking. I tend to keep fit anyway down the gym and the jobs a physical one too which helps.
The thing is, when i broke my ankle i had no choice but to sit down and think. not much else to do when your house bound. i knew that i might not follow through on all the physio stretches etc when the cast came off and i would just go back to work. so by signing up to something like the marathon, it made me get better, made me do all the tendon stretches etc and gave me a positive goal to aim for. now that the dust has settled i can look back on the whole experience an smile. its been really hard work but my ankle is back to normal, full range of movement and strength too.
i will try to maintain my new level of fitness though, Ive just entered the ballot for next years marathon and plan on doing a few halfs here and there too.
jon