Time: 4:45I loved every second of the day - well, maybe not the last 2.5 miles.....! The organisation was outstanding, all the helpers were so friendly. The highlight was Canary Wharf seeing two groups of my supporters within 200m's of each other
and decided I would giveScuba diving a go. To qualify as a recreational diver you need to be ableto swim 200m non-stop. I had not been swimming since college and then ithad only been a couple of short swims. So I joined a gym near work with apool - quite a
: Running past the team nine supporters and having to turn round and get back to them. It was like travelling the wrong way down a one way street. I apologise to anyone I got in the way of! And taking 27 minutes off last year’s time!What would I do
into the repatriation area was shocking by the time I got there. It took about half an hour to shuffle 200 yards, then it took about 20 minutes to shuffle back out again. What were the organisers thinking!BUT the day was fantastic. Golden, in fact. Frances Shattock, 4
3:00 TO 4:00 (Page 9) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 --Jon Hull, 4:00What an amazing eventThe best part: every single mile, where spectators are cheering and routing for you. A truly democratic sport - what a feeling.The worst moment: about 22
due to the old ones rubbing against an ankle injury. During the week leading up to the event, get woken up at 4 in the morning by your 3-year-old daughter who has been sleeping perfectly through the night for several months. On Wednesday, get a phone
driven my wife to Vauxhall to be with her and wish her well. I got back home at about 4:45 a.m. but couldn't sleep with all the excitement. I had just run through Canary Wharf when the news came through via my wife and mobile phone that my beautiful
. We kept each other going with songs, jokes and quotes from Star Wars!I wanted to come in under five hours, and made it by a whisker, sprinting the last 200 yards with energy I didn't know I had left.It was everything I wanted it to be and most of all
runner behind me stumbles into me and as I recover from his collision I feel my ankle give with a sharp pain. A couple of minutes later and there's nothing serious with the ankle, just a strain as I went over so it’s off again with the thought of 15 miles
