I am surprised that everybody is so quick to praise this crew.
Had they continued the flight would they have not been able to fly a safe circuit back to land?
How did they know for certain that they had enough room to come to a stop? They were in a grey area and were lucky this time. Next time they might not be.
The failure that they had was not catastrophic so the potential downside didn't not warrant such a major deviation from SOP and risk.
Such a massive deviation from SOP and foray into such an unknown area should only be done if the alternative is certain crash, in this instance I do not believe that was the case.