marks two years since British heptathlete Jess Ennis suffered a disastrous stress fracture in her final competition before the Beijing Olympics. And in those two brief years Ennis has banished her injury and bagged Indoor and Outdoor World
out with a suspected stress fracture. The strains of the challenge were now really taking their toll. With her energy waning, Shades completed her seventh marathon in 6:52. And the following day, the race had to be delayed by 30 minutes to give
was Rory’s idea of a joke. And we responded, I think, with admirable good-humour. So far there were no blisters, stress fractures or obvious cases of heatstroke. And the view from the top was simply stunning. Across the Vale of Evesham shimmered the misty