Phase 1 of the Flora London Marathon 2009 online entry ballot has now closed

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Not a great surprise, I suppose. Fortunately I have been diligently putting in my entries every year, and am due for a guaranteed entry in 2012, the Olympic year. But any thoughts of getting in automatically every five years will now be a thing of the past.

Not a great surprise I suppose, as you say Dan. But wow, I hope you do run the 2012 - what a fantastic year to run it!

But erm, of course, you'd have to do something truly outrageous to stand out among the crowd of gorillas...