London Marathon: I'm SO sorry random man. It was the SUGAR.

I always get extremely excited before the London Marathon. I don't know why, I've done plenty of marathons but there's something unique about the London Marathon. Maybe it's the size, or the landmarks or maybe that I know I'll see familiar faces among the 30 odd thousand people running. I'm not sure. But I feel very lucky to be able to run it.


And as a result I always get horribly overexcited even WHILE I'm running it. Most people get to mile 19 or 20 and start shutting up. Me? I'm AWFUL to run with. I get MORE excited the closer we get to the end.

Excited? Moi?

And this year was no different. Here's a quick video I took at about mile 19. The girl I'm running with is my friend Ann. The man? No idea. He was running nearby so I decided to get an impromptu video. 

Random Man, if you should ever read this I'm SO sorry. I'm sure the last thing you wanted ¾ of the way through the marathon was some insane woman asking you questions and being all hyperactive. Blame all the sugary gels.

Ann and I ran together until 20 miles at 8 min/miles as agreed and then I think the enthusiasm got too much for her and I buggered off to finish the last 6 miles on my own. It's ok. She forgave me. And probably had a lovely peaceful last 6 miles without the inane chatter. And the videoing. And the ridiculous selfies.

Luckily she didn't have enough energy at 20 miles to smack me in the chops. 

Race splits

5K	10:25:53	00:24:18	24:18	04:52	12.35	-
10K	10:50:20	00:48:45	24:27	04:54	12.27	-
15K	11:15:11	01:13:35	24:51	04:59	12.08	-
20K	11:39:56	01:38:21	24:46	04:58	12.12	-
Half	11:45:17	01:43:42	05:21	04:53	12.31	-
25K	12:04:43	02:03:08	19:26	04:59	12.05	-
30K	12:30:03	02:28:27	25:20	05:04	11.84	-
35K	12:54:55	02:53:20	24:53	04:59	12.06	-
40K	13:18:56	03:17:20	24:01	04:49	12.49	-
Finish	13:29:17	03:27:42	10:22	04:44	12.72	711