Only a couple left to go, and this one shows that I don’t seem to be getting any faster!
Odd one this – they ran the marathon on the same day, so the half didn’t start until about 13:30, which provided a very long morning which encouraged a massive breakfast – not such a good idea…
We went up on te Sat afternoon, arriving into Brum at about 16:00 – checked in, then straight out to have a wonder around – as I was supposed to be a good boy, we didn’t really head into a specific bar, and although it was warm enough to sit outside we didn’t as everywhere was pretty busy, so we just walked for an hour. Then instead of getting a beer we went ot he cinema to have a massive coke and watch the new Blade runner – which was a little long, and a little boring.
After the film finished we found a reasonably quiet bar, and took each end of the bar to get served – the idea being we would get a drink quicker, the upshot was that we had two rounds!
After slurping these we went over to Cau for some steak – really pushed the boat out and had some tempura belly pork and calamari, then two top end steaks – was pretty tasty, but not the best ever (that was in Madeira).
Just had a little beer, and then we just went home to bed.
Bit of a lie in, although I was awake about 3 with music thumping from a nightclub a mile away. Walked around to a “local” place for breakfast which was massive and okay, then sat on the toilet for an hour before it was time to walk the mile to the start line.
Lots of people there as the marathon was finishing, and after mucking about for ages we finally set off. I had though the course was flat, and to be honest form the Strava track is wasn’t that hilly – but it felt it. I was tired from 4 miles in, and it was all a bit of a chore.
Sian came to see me at Edgebastan but I didn’t see her, not her me – although she saw the guy I was running behind I think. Finally saw her with 400 meters to go, last run to the line and I just about snuck in under two hrs – 1:59:56.
Walked the mile back to the car, then a couple of hrs to home.
Two to go..