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Recent tweetsOn Sunday I finished the Paris Marathon in 5h 27m 4s. This shaves 43 seconds off my previous personal best in Dublin last year, but I wasn’t really aiming to beat that.
I’d just like to thank those that have sponsored me again this time round.
I’ll be posting a full report soon, this time with photos and video clips. Stay tuned!
Just minutes after completing the Dublin Marathon 2008
Just a quick note to say that I successfully completed the Dublin Marathon 2008 on Monday in a PB-smashing time of 5h:27m:47s.
I’ll be posting a fuller account later. In the meantime, I’d just like to say thank you to everyone who supported me and gave generously. If you haven’t donated, you’re not too late – my justgiving.com fundraising page will be accepting donations right up until the end of January next year.
The final few miles were probably the hardest running I’d done in the entire marathon. I don’t know where I got the energy to keep running after so long on my feet, but the fact that the pacemaker car was stalking me as we passed the power station near Prestonpans was probably what forced to pick up the pace and just keep running.
As I passed through the energy station on Ravensheugh Road for the second time – this time, thankfully, going down hill – I was encouraged again by the prospect of only two more miles to go. Running past mile 25 was a psychological milestone, because it meant I had only one mile left to go, then 385 yards to the finish line. I knew the finish line was close, even if my legs were complaining that it was still too far away! Read the rest of this entry »