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A runner in a maroon vest and a foil blanket holds up her finisher medal beside the finish arch
Ingrid

Maple Avenue Marathon

Sunday, 25 October 2026
Finish time4:52:30
Distance
42.2 km
Pace
6:56 /km
Photos
5

Ingrid does not run for time. She signed up to raise money for her local food bank, put a sponsor link on the fridge, and told everyone who asked that finishing was the whole plan. It rained the whole morning and the avenue was slippery with leaves.

Her friend Beth could not run, so she took the job of standing at 26 km with a sign and a flask of tea. Here is the day in order, with Beth's photos and the cheers placed next to Ingrid's time.

01 The day

  1. On the course

    • 11:52
      A woman in a black jacket and scarf smiles beside a crowd barrier, holding a blank cardboard sign, with runners coming along a leaf-covered roadKm 26

      26 km, wet leaves everywhere, a flask of tea and a sign. I am soaked and I am so happy to be here.

      Beth · Friend
    • 12:02
      A runner in a maroon vest and sunglasses waves and smiles as she runs past the barrier in the rainKm 26

      She spotted me from fifty metres away and waved with her whole arm. Sixteen kilometres to go and she was grinning.

      Beth · Friend

  2. The finish

    4:52:30
    • 13:58
      A runner in a maroon vest and a foil blanket holds up her finisher medal beside the finish arch

      4:52:30 in the rain. The medal is on, the foil blanket is on, and she is not letting go of either.

      Beth · Friend
    • 14:02
      Two friends hug in the rain, one in a foil blanket and sunglasses

      I told her I was proud and she told me she could not feel her feet. We both laughed.

      Beth · Friend

  3. After

    • 14:15
      A smiling runner in sunglasses and a foil blanket takes a selfie near the finish

      Done! Wet, cold, happy. The food bank link has gone past the target. Soup, please.

      Ingrid · Runner

02 The route and the pace

The 42.2 km course drawn on a map, with the start, the finish and a marker every 10 km
Pace for every kilometre, averaging 6:56 per kilometre (slower in the rain, and she still smiled), above an elevation profile

In the app the route is a live map with pace and elevation you can scrub, built from the runner’s watch file (GPX). Here it is as a picture. The course and the numbers are made up.

03 The replay

A still from the replay video: the runner at kilometre 26 on the course, with the photo taken there

The app turns the day into a short video that replays the course with every photo and cheer at the spot where it happened, with music. This is a still from it.

04 People who cheered 4

  • The food bank team is cheering for you. Thank you!Hannah · Food bank
  • You ran in that? In the rain? Absolute hero.Mum · Family
  • We went past the target on your page this afternoon.Oliver · Colleague
  • Soup is on me, Beth is bringing the tea.Kai · Friend

How this story was made

Every photo and cheer here came from a phone through one link, with no app and no account. Ingrid saw them in one place that evening, from the barrier at 26 km to the soup.

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