I am now officially knackered, but I have ran the London Marathon, and in a respectable 3 hours and 39 minutes. The knee was fine, just the rest of me that broke down over the distance! It was much harder than I thought it would be - I ran the first half quick, and the last 6 miles seemed like an age. I swear they moved the mile markers to every two miles! I managed though to run the whole way, no stopping, no walking. Admittedly towards the end it was slow running, but it was running nonetheless
Just a note on the crowd - they are awesome. All along the route giving out encouragement, drinks, oranges, jelly beans, they were absolutely fantastic. And as for Londoners not being friendly, people kept coming up to me as I walked back and congratulating me.
It was a great experience, but truly exhausting. I will have to train more before I do another one
(to see my race details - http://results-2010.virginlondonmarathon.com/2010/index.php?content=detail&fpid=&id=9999990F5ECC830000068F20&lang=EN&event=MAS&ageclass=)
Full mile by mile detail; http://connect.garmin.com/activity/31218017
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