2006 - April

[Nigel]

Fantastic report, Andy - thank you. Now I can enjoy London.

I picked up a book by John Bryant at the Expo on the history of the London Marathon. I paraphrase, but one section stuck in my mind:

'Pain is part of the marathon, for everyone. Ordinary runners fear pain, and delude themselves that they can avoid it. To the great runner, pain is merely information to be used to help them to the finish.'

You just joined the band of great runners. As far as I am concerned, you can take every one of those marvellous PBs and hang them on the wall. It may not be a classic way to run a marathon, but that way has been tried before. What you found in Zurich was the courage to take your attack to the marathon for once, head-on, and wipe the smile off that grim reaper of a sweeper bus driver.

Inspirational. And a marvellous read, so thank you.