H (left) and WolfySupporterWolfy and I came down from rainy Manchester to support at mile 17 and had a fabulous day. Despite wrapping up warm in various layers and woolly boots it was glorious and I even managed to get a sunburn (but only down
whilst supporting at FLM! H. and I dragged ourselves out of our beds at 5am and drove down to London from an icy Manchester. We met up with the URWFRC crew at mile 17 and spent the following four hours cheering and clapping all the very warm runners. We
Time: 4:59I don't know where to start........What a fantastic day, although the weather could have been kinder as I struggled to keep warm before the start. I found the whole thing really emotional, so if someone in a BHF vest started crying after
warm-up at Reading it was hard from 3 miles in. Mile 18 was wonderful, not just because of the gin. I will allow 10 minutes next year to hug EVERYONE who was there. You supporters are stars! Fuelled by gin, I managed to stop two people giving up
with a vengeance around 16 miles. I kept running to 19.5, missed the URWFRC supporters at 18 despite searching for them, and ended up walking/limping and hobbling my way home in 3:52:52. Not far off my target but it may as well have been an hour
of staff. Eventually Imanaged to get there by crawling up and over the stairs finding yet anotherwait of 20 minutes for the return. By the time I got back to Lewisham I wasuncontrollably shivering, luckily I manage to attract the attention of a
- clearly the gorilla lifestyle was taking over.So six hairballs did another pass in front of the band (who this time gave us a gorilla warm up tune) and managed a bit of crazy dancing for the crowd. I personally had to stop when the combination of funky
delightful person with a wonderful sense of humour giving warm words of encouragement. Thank you.Goal - This was my 3rd London Marathon and I wanted to run 4.59.59 as the previous 2 times I had run in just over 5 hours. Determined to run/walk 5:1 all
. But being a 20 a day smoker I knew that dream wasn't possible. For the last 11 years I have battled against the cigarettes. In 2000, like hundreds of other people, I vowed to give up the cigs for the millennium, for about the third time. As I had done cross
SUPPORTERS (Page 1) Page 1 2 34-->-->H.supporter “...Phantom of the Opera...” Read the full quote1834-->H (left) and WolfyWolfy and I came down from rainy Manchester to support at mile 17 and had a fabulous day. Despite wrapping up warm
