Ha ha...
...wish that was the case!
Felt great first half and was on target for a 4:40ish finish, then something in my foot went which sent shooting pains up my leg when running on it (it happened on one of my training runs too). Managed to keep a slower but steady pace for the remaining distance. Foot still hurts today which is good, at least I wasn't imagining it!
I did see Alan Brazil with a can of lager (who'd have thought...) at around mile fourteen though and gave him a rendition of 'Brazil, we all hate Alan Brazil' which he acknowledged with 'hello fella'.
Excellent day, despite getting in slower than I wanted to. Really humbling seeing other runners around you and the support you get from the crowds all along the route.
Signed up for next year this morning so hoping I get through the ballot, if not I'm tempted with Berlin in September '09.
My split times were:
5 km 0:32:08
10 km 1:05:23
15 km 1:39:55
20 km 2:15:24
half 2:24:17
25 km 2:58:54
30 km 3:43:30
35 km 4:27:07
40 km 5:10:49
finish 5:28:42
Thanks everybody that did sponsor me at User Posted Link - I'm going to do the draw for the shirts next week.
Posted By: Declan on April 14th 2008 at 14:46:03
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- Anyone know how dec got on in the marathon? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 14, 14:13:14
- Finished between a giant sausage and Floella Benjamin (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Apr 14, 14:16:03
- sounds like one of our free kicks which "worked on the training ground" (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 14, 15:21:40
- Got round in just under 5 and half hours... (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 14, 14:14:49
- Yeah, I've used that one too (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Apr 14, 14:17:11
- Ha ha... (General Chat) - Declan, Apr 14, 14:46:03
- Yeah, I've used that one too (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Apr 14, 14:17:11
- Finished early - (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 14, 14:14:18
- Finished between a giant sausage and Floella Benjamin (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Apr 14, 14:16:03
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