Yawn ! – One thing that I hate more than rain is waking up early !
5am and I’m up and about getting ready to make the journey to London to run in this year’s London Marathon. After I munch down my oats I’m ready and on my way. I get there without too much hassle – last year the DLR trains weren’t working properly so this poor camel had to run to the start – and then run a marathon !
Anyway, this camel digresses… it was all very camel friendly, people cheering and having a great time until I felt the ‘pit-pat’ of rain on my humps and soon the course was awash and I had to run – no, make that squelch – for the next couple of miles until the rain stopped but there were still some very big puddles and when a camel is moving at speed the puddles are hard to dodge !
The crowds along the Mall are again marvellous and I make a final surge for the finish line which we cross 5 hours and 16 minutes after starting the race in Greenwich Park. Not my best time I must admit (I’ll try to better it next year) but there haven’t been many marathons that I’ve run that have been this wet !
After I finished and collected my medal it was off to the WaterAid reception to say hello to my WaterAid chums and a bite to eat (leaves of course !)