Euro Ed

I've just had a 10 minute chat with Ed Gumbley as he waits for the Eurostar. He is off on holiday and gets back to the Island next Sunday.

He was really pleased with his performance and like the rest of us had plenty of doubts both before the race and during it.

If all had gone perfectly then he would have liked to have sneaked under 2.30. He was running with a group early on and said that as a result he was running ahead of schedule. I suggested that this was not necessarily true because the first few miles in London are always fast and then you turn into trickier, and windy sections.

Anyway, when he got to about 16 miles he started to feel rough and he was pleased that he gutted it out. He was not sure how much the heat and humidity hindered him although he professed that he doesn't like the heat.

He felt that he had perhaps drunk too much water and together with his gels he did not feel too good.

He feels that there is more to come.

I think he was encouraged when I told him that, despite slowing, he appeared to do better than nearly all the people he was with at half distance.

Here are the times of those that he was with:

183
182
9
» Croasdale, Mark J (GBR)
735
45-49
01:15:16
02:40:21

77
77
2
» Larripa, Eric (FRA)
55497
45-49
01:15:17
02:33:02

93
93
82
» Cuddihy, Paul (GBR)
512
18-39
01:15:18
02:34:49

171
171
139
» Mason, James H (GBR)
31814
18-39
01:15:18
02:39:52

773
750
470
» Tomlinson, Gavin (GBR)
715
18-39
01:15:20
02:56:02

208
207
35
» Lyons, Andrew (GBR)
527
40-44
01:15:24
02:41:18

100
100
9
» Knight, Geoffrey P (GBR)
635
40-44
01:15:29
02:35:14

97
97
86
» Patterson, Stephen J (GBR)
558
18-39
01:15:30
02:35:02

99
99
88
» Gumbley, Edward W (GBR)
585
18-39
01:15:34
02:35:14

110
110
97
» Gibbins, Alex N (GBR)
703
18-39
01:15:35
02:36:00

153
153
19
» Davison, Neil A (GBR)
526
40-44
01:15:46
02:39:01

131
131
4
» Downs, Rob H (GBR)
648
45-49
01:15:46
02:37:33

141
141
16
» Sankey, Paul W (GBR)
689
40-44
01:15:46
02:38:05

119
119
105
» Loxam, Jamie L (GBR)
574
18-39
01:15:46
02:36:32

540
528
352
» Collier, John R (GBR)
25640
18-39
01:15:47
02:52:04

89
89
79
» Potts, Colin I (GBR)
805
18-39
01:15:47
02:34:23

193
192
28
» Chandler, Gary W (GBR)
619
40-44
01:15:50
02:40:39

174
174
24
» Connor, David P (GBR)
596
40-44
01:15:53
02:39:58

95
95
84
» Fenwick, Sean P (GBR)
627
18-39
01:15:53
02:34:53

144
144
17
» Chritchlow, Philip (GBR)
661
40-44
01:15:54
02:38:19

156
156
21
» Timmins, Adrian (GBR)
971
40-44
01:15:54
02:39:22

126
126
112
» Mountford, Paul J (GBR)
683
18-39
01:15:54
02:37:08

274
271
199
» Whitwam, Adrian A (GBR)
756
18-39
01:16:03
02:43:44

240
237
176
» Torry, Hugh (GBR)
988
18-39
01:16:06
02:42:45

96
96
85
» Dixon, Garry J (GBR)
602
18-39
01:16:11
02:34:56