April 25th 2010

Thank god for that it's over, many thanks to everyone who sponsored us, a big thank you to Mark, Dawn, Megan and lauren for putting us up overnight on the eve of the race and for looking after Heather and taking her to the finish for us, you were a great help guys and made our life alot easier. A big thank you to all those who put up with us on training runs and to Fred and Rita for having h when needed and to bob and carole for putting us up prior to the race.
As for the marathon itself it rained a bit at the beginning and the the hot weather didn't arrive until early afternoon. I wasn't impressed with the start and after a couple of miles I realised that 3hrs 20mins was out of the question. I was looking for 3hrs 30min but in the end was happy to settle with being able to run all the way and only just missed out. I was very emotional at the end as I have decided there are too many other marathons in the world and four London's is enough.
Liz was a inspiration, with all her injury issues for the past couple of months and not having completed all the long runs she wanted to I am very proud of her for what she has achieved. She set out to run it all, not be crippled at the end and to enjoy it, I am not sure if she enjoyed it but with the exception of a few zeppelin sized blisters on her feet the first two were a positive.
Thanks again to everyone who donated money to the Hospital, its a very worthy cause and maybe in the future we might even jump out of a plane for them.
Andy