So you thought that running a marathon was tough, huh? Well try applauding for 5 hours. I now know the origin of the expression "clapped out". Marshalling at the London Marathon turns out to be formidable cross-training. Our group assembled, and split again, in Trafalgar Square after a brief, matey breakfast. Those with a haunted look vanished into Charing Cross station to join the queue for the train to Blackheath.… READ MORE.... …