, but at the the end my Garmin said 26.7 miles and 3:00:18. Reviewing the data, the GPS seemed to lose its accuracy a bit in the Docklands. What is most annoying though is that I was not too tired after the race. I'm not too stiff today and know I could have run
was anxious when at 9:10am I arrived at the Fast Good For Age pen. There was no time to look for the familiar faces from other races I was expecting to say hello to and indulge in the usual pre-race banter of hopes, expectations and fears. Instead, a quick
On Saturday morning I found myself heading over to Excel to register for the London Marathon 2011! Eek! I have to say I was really excited and slightly apprehensive about what lay ahead. Last year I did some serious training which ended
’s World. In the 2007 London Marathon, 91% of the field slowed down during the race in one way or another. Only 9% ran an even pace or negative splits. And couple this with the heat, basically the whole field was blowing up. I was just blowing up less badly
I did it, I finished the Virgin London Marathon. It took me 6:38:12 but I succeeded.I had been inspired by a motivational speaker, Miles Hilton-Barber, back in October 2008. His talk made me want to push my personal boundaries. I have a 50th
. Thinking about it now, the constant weaving and numerous bottlenecks, particularly in the first half of the race, makes it more difficult than other marathons although this may well be offset by the amazing support of Joe Public et al. Please forgive me
