sane, though anyone listening might disagree.) The military gents played Is This The Way To Amarillo as I bustled my way across the start, and it refused to dislodge from my head until I was 10 miles round the course. Next year, I'm bringing my MP3
on the Tyne - just gets you in the mood. How about 500 Miles by The Proclaimers?Mandie R: For races, especially GNR, I dont use my MP3 player 'cause it blocks out all the atmosphere.Odds and ends...XL-man: Some on here would have been very distracted to run
(Moray, September 7)Run To The Beat (London, October 5) Unplug yourself from your MP3 player for a moment if you will – the latest initiative to get Londoners pounding the pavements promises a 13.1-mile live-music soundtrack. Winding its way through
. Being my first marathon I desperately wanted to complete it; I managed to get going through the pain although my pace was so much slower, and battled to reach the cut off point.I was on my own at the 14/15 mile point when I remembered I had my MP3 player
slipped away from me. I told myself that was okay, because I still had 20 spare. This is where I put my MP3 player on, to drown out the voices in my head telling me how much this was hurting. But even though I was hurting now, the thought of pulling out
or the (swear-word) hills?', and 20 people all around me with MP3 players shouted back, 'it's the (swear-word) hills!', which made everyone laugh and inspired us all to keep on running."E was among a sizeable minority who actually welcomed those killer
