, but we tried our best to cheer them all up with our jelly babies, choccy biccies and sweeties.Maybe next year we'll be the ones craving sugar at that point?Hope everyone is okay and looking forward to next year!!All the best,Creaky Knees.Index of all
Time not givenRight then I was looking desperately for my banana, feeling cold and wet and my knee was killing me, but so what it was a marathon and I was going to finish. Thanks to Ceal and Fraggle for my banana and being able to spot me.Brill day
Time: 5:35The biggest surprise was seeing the major from "who wants to be a millionaire" in real life.My goal was 4hrs 30.:But after my knee injury during training my finish was 5hrs35mins.Do differently: I would maybe add more longer runs into my
My Tri ProfileAge.... 25I have been running for... since Feb 2004Strengths... Determination once in an event, and a loathsome view ofquitting. Natural athlete, swam lots as a child, cycled loads all my lifeWeaknesses... A mystery problem resulting
moredetermined. I started running in 1999 and did my first triathlon in the sameyear. In 2000 I did the FLM and then the Longest Day iron distance race.I even shocked my then coach who expected me to be at least 2 hourslater! I then snapped my knee ligaments
combination of cramps, a niggly knee and a torrential downpour slowed me down and I finished in 5:33:15, with which I was happy. No pain at all apart from a bit of a twinge from my crocked shin. Looks like I could have tried a lot harder. See you next year :o
forumites for the first time. And what a great crowd of people! They really made the weekend. A special mention has to go to the spectator with a baby - I tripped over a speed bump, twisted my knee and staggered to the side of the road .. suddenly I just
naively didn't bother between July '03 and January '04 then injured feet / knees which seriously impeded training and still hasn't cleared up properly !! Silly me !I feel I got the time I wanted because having decided to run London I set out my stall
-30 after 12 miles. The worst when my right knee's motivation went awol at 14 miles and I started to slip back to 11-30min/miles. It was good to see, after the finish, Eric Pollard from Emmerdale. I was glad not to have been pipped at the post by Floella
reached 19 in the race I was rapidly running out of knees. Limpinghome with failure not an option. In pain and getting cold, the final insultcame with a torrential downpour just as I crossed the finish line . When Iretrieved my kitbag it had been stored