Today was Brighton Marathon, I had given up my place so I can do London Marathon next week. So makes a nice change for me to watch and not run. Tim and Margaret were running from the club, so I went down to Brighton with Tim, Kirsty, Will and Emma to cheer Tim and Margaret on. I also sold my place on Ebay and had to hand it over. When we got there, Tim was soon getting tetchy and Kirsty and I were thinking, that is going to be us next week getting all nervous. It was chilly so we decided to get a warm drink to warm up, Tim decided to have a water. When opening the water, Tim had managed to let the water shoot out and drown Kirsty which made her jump spilling her hot drink on her hand. It certainly made us all laugh!!! We soon said our goodbyes to Tim and wished him luck.
We got to our position on the edge of the park and were waiting for Tim to go by. We were standing near a banner which said you have completed 0.22 miles and only 26 miles to go!!! This was talking point for runners when they went by. We failed to see Tim and we don't know how we missed him, as he is tall!! We decided to move on, hoping to catch Tim, on the way I spotted a short cut and the runners were in the same start as Tim so we decided to wait. Only a few minutes later Tim arrived armed with his water, he had so much fun getting Kirsty wet, he decided to aim fire at Will!!!! Pay back for Tim was nearly stumbling over a guy in front of him.
We then decided to head to the pier area and on our way we spotted Margaret and gave her a good cheer. We thought we head to the pier to catch a glimpse of the elite runners and we just timed it right. We decided to stay put and wait for Tim and as soon as he came along we all cheered and shouted.
Then we crossed the road to find a spot on the final stretch, waiting for the elite to come through. We didn't have long to wait and there after we were cheering for everyone that went by. As soon as we saw Tim, we all went hysterical getting his attention. At this point, Tim had his Ipod on and looked in discomfort. Again Kirsty and I were thinking, thats going to be us next week! We then headed to the reunion area and headed to the letter T, (T for Tim), we were hoping that Tim had remembered!!! When we saw Tim, we all went rushing over and gave him a big hug and congratulated him on his massive achievement. He knocked off 30 minutes, finishing in a time of 3hr36, a great time. He looked very stiff and Kirsty and I went marching on ahead and had to slow down for Tim. We saw so many people limping. Now it was time to get something to eat and we went to the Harvester for a well deserved meal. After the meal we decided to head back to the bus and we stopped to see the runners coming in. At this point, it was around the 5.30/6hr mark. Kirsty had fallen in love with the paramedic at the bottom, because he was clapping everyone and we took the mick!!! On the way to the bus, Tims lace came undone and bless him, Will got down on his knees to do it up. Thats love!!!
Watching the marathon just made it so real for me that I was going to run 26.22 miles next week. We all had such a good day out.
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