of breath left in me when I crossed the finish line; and from 14 miles onwards I had to 'suck it up and dig deep' as our American friends would say cos it was AGONY (my previous longest training run having been only 15/16 miles..)START TO FINISH (official
Time: 5:04Terrific Day. Funniest Moment - My mate Dave shouting "You could win this!" at mile 16 (I finished in 5:04!) Worst Moment - Losing the 11 min mile pacer at 20 miles Biggest Surprise - finding out I was being paced by someone who can run a
moment had never been in doubt.The "ups" have it - people have seen me on telly (library pictures from the running-nicely moments); a picture of me with Emily and her "Go Daddy Go" banner adorns the BBC Marathon Index page; and to top it all I beat
really enjoying themselves.Then a quick DLR ride to Mudchute to join the other team 8 supporters, where it was great to cheer on not only the runners allocated to team 8 but all forumites running. Some were having a hard time of it but it seemed that all
little bits of running. The worst was the finish -- the downpour meant that many were walking dispiritedly instead of the triumphal sprints I'd seen last year - a pity.But the baggage people were truly wonderful, even helping us to get dressed - thank you
more and put in a fewlonger runs than I did this year. 20 were the longest I ever did to behonest.I travelled home 1st Class to Edinburgh on the train with a few tins of beerfor company. I wanted a glass of Champers to celebrate my PB but Gner hadnone
the competition since they did not start at the start line for the competition, i.e., Salim Kipsang (KEN) was NOT a competitor in the 25km since he did not start at the start of the 25km and did not run the full 25km course. And yet, in this case, he clearly paced
but several do stick out, the spontaneous cheering as we turned onto Tower Bridge near half way, the spontaneous booing as the red and blue starts merged and began baiting each other!, and probably most memorable to me running past Charlton Church and the bell
