hadn't run a marathon since just after I started.G: My first marathon was meant to be in 2001, but knee problems meant I had to put it off for a year. Then the next year I tore my ankle ligament and my doctor told me not to run. So my first marathon
running on grass."Blakemore's knees have been problematic in the past, and a long spell away from sport inspired his triathlon ambition. "A couple of years ago I had a nasty knee ligament injury," he says. "I was pretty much sidelined from all competitive
