Well I had a fantastic time on Sunday and enjoyed myself tremendously, as did my wheelchair bound training bud!! It was certainly a very different experience to anything I've ever done before in a race and it did give me a great excuse to stop for a rest when I wanted to! That said, it wasn't all that difficult to manouvre the chair around the route, even if we did have one or two near misses at times!!
Mr H - Thanks for the link about Mick and Phil. You're absolutely right about them being an inspiration - they really are something special aren't they? And they record faster times than I usually do when I'm running properly!! And to think that I'd considered I was doing well getting around 3 miles on a one-off occasion, when those guys do as many races as they have - they're incredible!!
Seemed to me as if there were stacks more there this year. Last year was good enough but I think this year, the good people of Merseyside, as well as the many welcome visitors have surpassed themselves and hopefully, we will have exceeded our own world record total from 2005!
What an array of costumes and vehicles there were on display on Sunday too - some great imagination was shown, and for me it was things like this that just add to the enjoyment of a very special event that brings people together, provides much happiness and does a great deal of good. What more can you say?
