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13 Sep 04 - 19 Sep 04 - Seafront Plodder - 20-09-2004
Terrific time, all the more special because you didn't really think it was on at all until a few days before.
Allow me to buy you a pint!
Cheers
A.
13 Sep 04 - 19 Sep 04 - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 21-09-2004
Thank you everyone - you are all incredibly encouraging. I feel like I've won an Oscar or something rather than finishing 3,245th! My official time, by the way, was 1:09:18 ... to finish in the top half I had to break 1:05, so I missed both my goals, but I am still happy just to have finished in reasonable style. That celebratory hill climb of Nigel's, and Andy's pint of Guiness afterwards went down a treat as well, thanks lads!
The official finishing line photo was a tad ordinary, but for what it's worth, here 'tis.
Back to serious training now I'm afraid.
13 Sep 04 - 19 Sep 04 - Seafront Plodder - 21-09-2004
Do you get to choose which finishing time clock you want?
13 Sep 04 - 19 Sep 04 - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 21-09-2004
Quote:Originally posted by Seafront PlodderI wish!
Do you get to choose which finishing time clock you want?
The clock on the left was for the walkers. I was not impressed to find that 7 walkers finished the race faster than I did - in fact the winning walker had already finished the race several minutes before that photo was taken, meaning that not only was I overtaken by a band of butchers* (complete with t-bone steaks), several fairies and a black labrador (twice), but despite starting 15 minutes behind the runners, a bunch of walkers beat me too!!
Oh, the ignominy.
MLC Man.
*what's the collective noun for butchers? A cleaver of butchers? Maybe a murder of butchers??!
13 Sep 04 - 19 Sep 04 - El Gordo - 21-09-2004
Not sure about butchers, but my favourite collective nouns are: a jam of tarts, and a wunch of bankers.