6 weeks to finish a marathon

I have finally finished watching the recording of the London Marathon more than six weeks after the event!

Having read quite a few reports about the coverage I was quite surprised at just how good it was. The variety between the elite runners, the celebrities, the wheelchairs, the fun runners and the junior races was fascinating. Add to that, you so many people have the choice of using the red button (everyone next year) to follow their favorite part of the race then you could hardly feel let down.

My only complaint (as always) was the repetitive nature of big Bren. He was convinced that the pacemakers were going too fast even for world record pace but they always fail to take account of the downhill nature of the first few miles.

Where the world record was lost (if it ever was possible) was that 4.25 19th mile. That was awesome.

If only the rest of the media had given such good coverage as the BBC. Who was that woman who finished second? You wouldn't know if you read most newspapers.