luck on the day

[Seafront Plodder]

I somehow missed your report Suzie. :o

An enormous effort in difficult conditions should be applauded. Only you will know in time whether you have another marathon in you, but hey, let's talk about that over a Guinness (if there's any left) in Almeria next year.

Meantime, whilst we're all getting wistful, here's one of my favourites...

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiams, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt