27th April 2009

Hi everyone

 

I'm still alive!! just!

 

It was the hardest thing I've ever done....the first 13/14 miles were fairly ok-ish, but after that my legs decided to start hurting and my feet started to get blisters, so the second half of the Marathon was really tough with quite a bit of walking involved.

 

People kept telling me about 'the wall' and to be careful not to hit it, well, at mile 18/19 I had really had enough and I just wanted to go home, my legs weren't working and I still had 7 miles to go, I really thought I wouldn't make it. It didn't help matters as I looked to my right to see a runner being given Oxygen by St Johns Ambulance officers!!. It was then I was staring straight at 'the wall', however, I knew Rosanna would be at mile 24 so (even if I walked) I had to make it that far, and when I got that far I was only 2 miles away from finishing......I just wanted to finish.

 

The atmosphere was amazing, the crowd were superb shouting my name when I ran (or walked) past them.

 

I managed to complete the Marathon in 5 hours 54 minutes, I'm really happy with the time as I wanted to finish between 5 and 6 hours

 

Can I just say a big thank you to everybody at Hoddesdon Town FC that sponsored me, it really does mean a lot to me. So far, I have managed to raise £700.00 for the Willow Foundation www.willowfoundation.org.uk

 

Did I mention I was beaten by a tree!!!

 

Thanks again to you all for your support

 

Fozzie