Greenwich Park: This is fun. Total party atmosphere. Everyone’s smiling.
Cutty Sark: Not bad at all. Love the cheers. Spotted a celeb, too.
Rotherhithe: Dunno, that might be a blister forming on my left foot.
Tower Bridge: More blisters. Wanna cry.
Isle of Dogs: Wish I hadn’t told people I’m doing it. Wanna drop out.
Poplar: Twenty miles? Feet feel like I’ve run fifty. Knees hurt.
Embankment: The Eye. Big Ben! Have never been so glad to see Big Ben. Might cry.
The Mall: Not so much jogging, but limping across the finishing line. But I did it! Big smile.
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Love it! More runners should write their race report like this.
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Thank you! Glad you like it 🙂
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I really enjoyed reading that, Sonya. You almost had me convinced you’d run in the Marathon yourself. Love the big smile at the end. 🙂
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I have never run it, but a good friend of mine did a couple of years ago. The thing about never having been happier to see Big Ben came from her. I also did quite a lot of cheering in previous years around the 20 mile mark – I’ve seen a lot of pained expressions and hobbling runner. Was quite weird watching it on the telly this time, actually…
Thank you, Millie 🙂
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Ah, people watching – the writer’s pastime. It was obvious you knew the route and, as you say, the ‘pained expressions’. You wrote this so well!.
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