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(especially team 7)
Red start pen 4 for me, No43603 - have my name 'Tony' and 'www.fetcheveryone.com' on my back so do say 'ello if you spot me :O)
sorry to the members of my team 1 that i missed, you were too quick for me!!!!! i was there, honest.
great day, you were all terrific and im very very envious...
Thanks again, what a great day!
jezza
Fantastic day.
Well done today
It was great being at Mudchute . . looking forward to hearing more stories . .
there are a few photographs from Mudchute to look at . . just some thumbnails of the runners for now . . photographs of the Expo, the fun we had getting ready for the runners to come through Mudchute and some winding down after wards . . with larger versions to look at . . will follow later in the week . .
be good to yourselves . . you deserve it
met Pizza Man on the way to 17 moved to the left side of road but I was just to focused
set a PB though of 3.08.52 only 42secs slower in 2nd half
thanks all for being their did have my formulite name on the front of vest so you may have seen me
be back though next year on the GFA start provided they do not move the goal posts
As you can tell from Rich's photo, I was really suffering with the heat by mile 17 - and would definitely have crashed straight through the wall if it hadn't been for a sea of smiling faces, hugs from Rich, Tigerrunner and Legless (sorry team 8, didn't mean to poach your support), ribena and jelly babies. YOU STARS!!!
As it was, I had the best day and thank you all so much for what you did to make it that way.
In case anybody's interested, here's how the weekend went for me...
Delighted to meet up with Rich, Hippo, Tigerrunner and Trinity at the expo on Sat afternoon.
Sunday am felt awful, and after the worst night's sleep of my life the horror deepened when I looked out of the window at that cloudless sky...
However, day improved considerably when I met Hippo at Greenwich Park - big hug for calming me down Hippo - thanks!
7 minutes to cross the start and the first few miles were really good fun and my family support were at 6 miles which was great.
At about 11 miles I started to think it was getting very hot and there was still a long way to go.
At 15 miles my family were there again, bless them, but despite that I slowed between for the next 2 miles and I thought it was about to all end in disaster - but then I saw you SUPER STAR SUPPORTERs and it all looked a whole lot better..
Then Mum Dad and my son Alex were there again at 19 miles and all of a suden I hit 20 miles and despite the heat and being totally shattered, it all started to be fun again.
25 miles saw another start turn from my top family team and some noisy support from team Macmillan and by this time I realised I was on for a pb if I could only keep going..
so it all ended happily with 4 hrs 3 min on my watch, but the chip gave me time off for good behaviour so the final score was:
4 hrs 2 min 54 sec - pb by 5 minutes!
overall position 10113
position in the ladies 1590
position in my age group 654.
Thanks all for a fab day - see you in Abingdon (and oh yes .. one day we will do sub 4!)
I'd estimated 5:30, and feared I hadn't a chance around miles 19-23, when I had to have a few walk breaks, but picked up somthing from somewhere at the end, and came in at 5:32:34, so was pretty well pleased with that
I was actually finding it all really tough, not sure why but the aches started about mile 6 instead of mile 20 as I was expecting so was slower than should be - my watch said 5h14 as I knocked off the pitstops, chip said 5h20, still I did it and finished with a smile after quite a bit of walking from mile 20.
I had totally forgotten about the team at mile 17, suspect mental effort had almost packed up by then, so was v pleased to see WRN banner and realise you guyes would be coming up soon. I had no support on the course at all so it was nice to see some real people! (as oppoosed to the ones who were shouting my name but I didn't know them) Did see Tiny Toes and Stonking Bonkers but only briefly, hope you guys were OK in the heat and all. What possesses people to wear furry suits?!
Team 5, thanks for the hug. Needed a little break at that time.
Hope to see some of you at other events in the near future.
What a struggle in the crowds - I seemed to be jogging on the spot most of the way and became intimately aquainted with many elbows around me!! TV coverage shows everyone running in their own space - I must have been a 'pod' all magnetically connected to each other!!
A brill day though and MEGA THANKS to the supporters - I really must be one next year.
thankyou
(wonders if there could be support at mile 23 too next year)
Hippo, I was wondering the same thing.
There are an awful lot of miles still to go at mile 17.- Psychologically it's before the dreaded wall and everything.-
I don't know whether we could get up enough supporters to do 2 good cheering points, and I think one good point is probably better than 2 mediocre ones, but it would be fantastic if we could.
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Andy
wil be there supporting if I don't run next year
I eventually finished this my first marathon in 5 hours and 36 minutes, tired but feeling very proud at completing it.
THANKS to you all.
I must say i do agree with hippo about mile 23 i found it really hard between 19 and 23 miles.
I was the one who had "Hendo 2" on his vest who could only muster the words "Team 5" and "Banana"...!
Really was great to have something to look forward to, and a boost at the beginning of the inward journey home.
Like many others the heat took it out of me on the day and really I struggled from about 15 miles. The 4:15 target went out the window then and I ended up on 4:51 - right numbers, wrong order!
Still an awesome day though, although I didn't expect sunburn to be part of the recovery process!!
It was great to meet you all yesterday at mile-17 and well done to all of you who took part in the race. A thoroughly great effort.
We’re still working hard to get your stories up on the website as soon as possible, but we're pleased to announce that the ‘FLM Support Team Photos’ are ready. Click here for a sneak preview.
If we've missed you, we're really sorry, just drop me a line and I'll see if I can find you among the remaining extra shots. Similarly, if we've got your names in a muddle, drop me a line and I’ll correct them for you.
Once again we had a great time yesterday and can't wait for FLM 06.
Thanks
Daniel RW