-shirts of the runners and screaming support over and over again, kids offering sweets, local shops and pubs offering chocolate bars and fruits, the reverend blessing you, the bands playing, the marshals struggling to provide you water and on every corner the crowds
of beer this weekend and a big kiss for my lovelywife Petra, Shannon, Molly and Niall(the kids), Sharon and Mark (Handshakefor Mark-no kisses!)Index of all quotesNext quote
previous visit, the crowds were brilliant. Oh and we made a tidy wedge for Phab Kids too! Nick, Ridgers and Lizzie alias the LAW from Stafford.Index of all quotesNext quote
-ordination, plus plenty of mud, glorious mud...Two races, plus the biggest hot tub in the landWhether you’re a fun runner, charity fundraiser or hardened adventure runner, there are two races to choose from in the Dirty Weekend, plus two junior races for the kids
Time: 6:49was Run Rabbit Run (also Walk Wabbit Walk)Best Moment: Seeing kids faces and hearing their cheers when a furry white rabbit was walking towards them (ME in costume!)Worst Moment: Having to walk on pavements and dodge pedestrians because
wink or a grin or even (how cruel) a tip of the pint glass! High-fiving the kids was fun and helped to keep me smiling even when it hurt.The heat was draining and the extra water required weighed me down (any excuse!), but the weather brought the crowds
the winter clothes I had run in all through my training, and not have to panic about running the marathon in brand-new (and therefore likely to be highly chaffing) shorts and vest! Oh, and a gold star goes to the masseuse at the SPARKS hospitality event. She
Time: 5:56My Personal Race Report: Flora London Marathon 2004"So I thought best that I write down what the event was actually like. To almost everyone reading this, running a marathon is something that is on their "before I get old, to do list
quickly settled into a comfortable pace which I planned, and the crowds were fantastic, bands playing, a vicar blessing us etc.My wife and kids and my Mum and Dad were there to support me on Tower Bridge at mile 13. It was a massive lift to see them, I
the marathon with disabilities or under stressful conditions and made me realise that this is what the London Marathon is all about – it makes a winner out of every runner.This race was a great event for me personally and one that I shall remember forever. Kiwi
