arriving home and a leisurely soak in a hot bubble bath, followed by watching the marathon highlights.Index of all quotesNext quote
am happy to report that I thoroughly enjoyed the entire event. Despite the weather, the crowds that turned out to watch were truly amazing. I cannot praise them enough for the support that I received literally from start to finish. I wore my first
that have done it told me. Yes, I did not use new socks, I did watch Chariots of Fire, I did use lots of Vaseline... and all the other tips I was given have been remembered and applied. Here is briefly what I recall of the day. It went like a shot; 4 hrs felt
.Biggest surprise: At one of the water drink stations, seeing a butler with silver tray serving water! Most memorable moment: At Westminster, a spectator on seeing me glance at my watch shouts out "forget the time mate, it's the finishing that matters!"Goal: Finish
funny taste in your mouth - so does Vittel water for that matterbut most of all I ran all the way.Took me 5:05 by my watch.Am I disappointed? Not in the least - I ran all the way which I have never done before; I gave it 110% - there wasn't an ounce
Guinness World Records have announced more than 100 runners will be hoping to smash records at this Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon.The records range from slightly mad to completely off-the-scale. Here are a few of the wackiest attempts to watch out
don't wear Nike shoes you can put the chip inside a show wallet tied to your laces). After initial set up, it measures time, distance, pace and calories burned and after calibration is about 90 per cent accurate.The watch face doubles as a USB
all sorted just around the time the elite men were finishing.We watched a few finishers come past, then a trickle, a stream, a flood and finally a torrent of runners were filing past to collect their bags. I started asking people how long it had taken
It was the same old story - I'd not done quite the running I anticipated at the start of the year, so rolled up expecting to finish between 3:15 and 3.30. I also thought I ought to be able to pace myself without a watch (the real reason - it had
group (pen 9). Everyone around me seemed to be very nervous - I was bombarded with questions and even asked to fix a broken GPS watch!There were four pacers in each time category, two at the blue start and two at the red. My pacing partner (who I called
