Closing the circle

It seems this year's London marathon was the perfect race after all! Let me explain.

My training started back in November 2004 with the following:

Signed at her book signing in London, and blogged here.

Well, after that, how could I fail to do well in London!

In London, despite missing my target qualifying time by 2 minutes, I was delighted with my 3:47:07, particularly after some late illness problems.

Things got better though! The following day I learned that I'd won first prize in the www.paularadcliffe.com competition! Today I received my prize:

and to make sure you can read that:


That'll make a nice display, framed with my certificate, medal, and finish photos of myself and Paula.

The perfect end to a perfect marathon!