I’m thinking if I surround myself with enough runners it will be motivation for me to get back out training again. At this year’s London Marathon it was Fatkins’ turn to have a go.

The conditions in comparison to last year’s race couldn’t have been any more different – where it was cold and wet last year and great for the runners it was warm and dry this year and great for the spectators! I really felt for the runners because it was clear that the warmer weather was not making it easy (not that running 26 miles on any day can ever be underestimated.) I’m thinking Jules was happy to be standing on the spectator side of the railings for once! Having said that being a spectator is harder work than it seems.

We were standing quite near the end of the race and the crowds were absolutely heaving. It seems that when watching the race some people have no boundaries and despite the fact we got to our position very early we found we were still being pushed around – I thought the fence would collapse at one stage! Looking out for Fatkins wasn’t easy either because there were heaps of runners around him – we managed though and I think our cheering for “Fatkins” provided some amusement to those around us.

My favourite part of watching a race is the appreciation that runners have for the cheering crowds. I know the race is not at all about us spectactors but it really is nice when the runners acknowledge the support and its especially nice to see that the support actually does help the runners to the end of the race.