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LISTEN BACK ON RADIO FOLKESTONE AS DEN KELLY RELIVES HIS VERY FIRST MARATHON IN LONDON!! · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

• 0:05
  Speaker 1: On today's show, we have some local cricket news from
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Folkston First eleven, Hive Cricket Club, Hive Green Cricket Club,
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: Hawkins Saltwood and Simpton Park. We've got a report on
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: the hive Ba Triathlon which took place last Sunday. And
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  Speaker 1: we've got news of a race that I went down
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  Speaker 1: to in Hastings where I was at MC for the day.
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: We've got a preview of a Race for Life which
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: takes part on the leaves of this Sunday. We've got
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: some park run news from Folkeston, Radnor Park and from Dover.
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  Speaker 1: Very important news, so stay tuned. We've got a little
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  Speaker 1: report from the Folkston Victor Disability Team, and our special
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  Speaker 1: guests in the studio today is local runner Dan Kelly,
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  Speaker 1: who run his very first marathon at the iconic London Marathon,
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  Speaker 1: raising money for the Royal British Legion. So let's start
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  Speaker 1: the show with a dodgy song. Yes, it's dodgy and
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  Speaker 1: he's good enough. Where they go a great song to
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  Speaker 1: start a show, And I guess that's just told me
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  Speaker 1: that it reminds me of his dodgy knees. That's dodgy
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  Speaker 1: and good enough. Okay, so we joined in the studio
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  Speaker 1: today by Dan Kelly. Hello Dan, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm very well, Thank you, thank you write me down.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, he's welcome.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Then it's been I reckon, it's been about five weeks
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  Speaker 1: since you first, well since you run the London Marathon
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  Speaker 1: and raising money for the Rural British Legion. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: can you believe that you actually did it?
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  Speaker 2: Still know, when I look at my toenails and as
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  Speaker 2: I say, when I feel my knees, they're reminding me
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  Speaker 2: that I did it. And every so often I pick
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  Speaker 2: up the medal and look through the photos that we have.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a it feels like such a long time ago,
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  Speaker 2: but again it feels like yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: What a day though, what a day to live on
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  Speaker 1: in your memory. I've still got a picture of myself
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  Speaker 1: with the medal on my mantelpiece and twenty eleven it was,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I still think, oh, what a great day. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit about yourself and how
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  Speaker 1: you decided to run a marathon, especially for the Rural
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  Speaker 1: British Legion.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it was something that's always been on the bucket list.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, when I was younger, used to watch
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  Speaker 2: it every Sunday, watching Charlie Spedding going through I think
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  Speaker 2: was in the early eighties, so something that was always there.
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  Speaker 2: And then I've always had a relatively decent level of
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  Speaker 2: fitness through the military, so it was always kind of
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  Speaker 2: on my bucket list. But then when we fast forward
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  Speaker 2: through to the modern day, it was I was talking
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  Speaker 2: to Autumn Richardson at work the twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Four Yes, Autumn is a formal guest of the show.
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  Speaker 2: Yes so, and she said, you really need to do it,
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  Speaker 2: and that really kind of sowed the seed. And there's
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  Speaker 2: lots of other reasons why it was the right time
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  Speaker 2: really for me to go, Yes, you know, this is
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  Speaker 2: something I want to do, and my connections and the
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  Speaker 2: family's connections were ryal Bitish Legion made it something really
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  Speaker 2: that it was something that I wanted to do specially.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well what was the connection with the British Legion.
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  Speaker 2: So my new wife who got married in June last year,
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  Speaker 2: her parents have been very involved in the Royal Bridge Legion,
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  Speaker 2: Mare Hall and Chliton Branch. They've been fundraising doing the
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  Speaker 2: popy appeals for many many years. Raves and an astounding
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  Speaker 2: amount of money. And now as they're getting a little
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  Speaker 2: bit older in years, they're taking a bit more of
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  Speaker 2: a back seat. And I really felt that I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to do something to kind of mark almost to dedicate
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  Speaker 2: it to them. Really, So that was the first seed.
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  Speaker 1: So did you going back before the marathon? Then? Did
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  Speaker 1: you put in for the ballot place or did you
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  Speaker 1: go straight for the charity place?
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  Speaker 2: I put in for the ballot place obviously was unsuccessful.
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  Speaker 2: But before the ballot result even came through, I approached
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  Speaker 2: the RBL obviously told them the story of the connections
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  Speaker 2: and obviously my military connections as well, and I got
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  Speaker 2: called quite quickly from Victoria, that Rowbridge legion, and after
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  Speaker 2: hearing my story, she invited me to run for them.
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  Speaker 1: So then the kind of reality kicked in, did it?
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  Speaker 1: I thought, Oh my word, I've got to do this. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: got to get out and do some training. So leading
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  Speaker 1: up to the marathon, did you ever a running program
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  Speaker 1: that you followed or did you just randomly just start
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  Speaker 1: yourself getting fit?
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  Speaker 2: So I think the first thing was part one became
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  Speaker 2: my best friend really is getting miles into my legs
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  Speaker 2: because it's something I hadn't done for quite a while
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  Speaker 2: just kind of see how I fared really, So then
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  Speaker 2: one up to Christmas and just after Christmas it was
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  Speaker 2: just those little try out runs see how I felt.
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  Speaker 2: And then once Christmas passed, I went into the sixteen
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  Speaker 2: week training plan that could to provide through the London
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  Speaker 2: Marathon website and that was for me, that was my
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  Speaker 2: benchmark really to guide me through the trust.
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  Speaker 1: This is interesting. I mean, did that program suit you?
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  Speaker 1: Because what a program for one person might not suit
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  Speaker 1: a program for another person. Did you have a choice
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  Speaker 1: of programs?
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  Speaker 2: No, I just took there was a choice, but I
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  Speaker 2: looked at the various differents and with the bench level
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  Speaker 2: that I felt that I had, I thought there was
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  Speaker 2: an appropriate way to start, and I think I'd dumbed
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  Speaker 2: down a little bit on how far and how fast
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  Speaker 2: I could go. And that's not to say that was
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  Speaker 2: quick at all, but it felt the most suitable program
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  Speaker 2: for me to do. And I think as I founded,
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  Speaker 2: I was going through for me the most important thing
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  Speaker 2: because the two sides is obviously the physical side, but
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  Speaker 2: also the mental side of what you're about to sort
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  Speaker 2: of partake really, and for me it was about it
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  Speaker 2: wasn't just about the miles. It was also about the
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  Speaker 2: time it was going to take me to do it.
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  Speaker 2: So really I did stick to that quite rigidly initially,
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  Speaker 2: and then as time went through I did pick up
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  Speaker 2: a bit and in injury, so it felt more it
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  Speaker 2: was more important rather than than the strength basis. This
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  Speaker 2: was at the time. In hindsight, I think I know
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  Speaker 2: changed things a little bit, but in hindsight it was
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  Speaker 2: more about getting miles into my legs and obviously the
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  Speaker 2: most important rest days and try to guide your way
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  Speaker 2: through that way.
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  Speaker 1: So during that program which you stuck to, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: were you still entering races that kind of suited it
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  Speaker 1: along the way? What was the furthest you run before
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  Speaker 1: the marathon itself?
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  Speaker 2: So I did a half marathon LID back in February,
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  Speaker 2: which for me, I learned so much from doing that
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  Speaker 2: half marathon?
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  Speaker 1: Was that the longest you've ever run at that time?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? It was so straight away there was a gate
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  Speaker 2: post there. And previous to this, the Furthest I'd run
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  Speaker 2: back in my military days was ten miles in Germany
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  Speaker 2: and that was a very very flat So so LID
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  Speaker 2: I felt for it would be a good gate poster hit.
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  Speaker 2: But also, as I say, more mentally, the thought presses
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  Speaker 2: of how I felt towards the end and with the
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  Speaker 2: confidence to go forward to to London.
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  Speaker 1: Right, And I mean physically after after the LID, how
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  Speaker 1: did you feel with did you have any k nocks,
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  Speaker 1: aches and pains? And you know, did you really think,
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  Speaker 1: oh my word, you know I've not even started yet.
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  Speaker 1: Was a reality a lot of a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: wake up call.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the lessons that I learned from LID. Certainly
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  Speaker 2: going off way too quickly. I was doing the minute
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  Speaker 2: quicker each kilometer than I wanted to, so straight away,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I kind of felt, right, I really need
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  Speaker 2: to concentrate on pace rather than being quick. It's just
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  Speaker 2: to be consistent at the pace that I wanted to do.
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  Speaker 2: But when I came, when I finished one, I was
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  Speaker 2: quite pleased to finish. Line came in. It did was
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  Speaker 2: I was very tired.
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  Speaker 1: I do remember you coming here actually and I said, oh,
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  Speaker 1: then coming over and work with you. But I think
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  Speaker 1: it was it was absolutely Necker, won't you Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but it was once I got a quick point again,
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  Speaker 2: it's back into my system. I really did feel, actually,
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  Speaker 2: I felt very vigorated by that. The whole thing, and
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  Speaker 2: I was very fortunate really, probably a day or so
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  Speaker 2: recovery and you know, I was back.
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  Speaker 1: So where did you go from there?
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  Speaker 2: Just the back to the program, back to the training. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: it was about a week ten days after LID I
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  Speaker 2: pulled my hamstring, So that was I think I was
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  Speaker 2: very lucky really because if that had happened a week
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  Speaker 2: or two weeks later, that may meant that I would
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  Speaker 2: have missed the marathon. So what that did is I
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  Speaker 2: had about five weeks before the marathon before I get
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  Speaker 2: hit the road again. And so it did affect probably
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  Speaker 2: my training. My last long run probably wasn't as long
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  Speaker 2: as I would have liked it to be. And I
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  Speaker 2: kind of learned the lesson from that from during London.
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  Speaker 1: So leading up to the day, all right, you've done
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  Speaker 1: all the training and you've got a taper. I'll spet
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  Speaker 1: the nerves kicking. Did you stay up there for the weekend?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? We did, so, me and my life we went
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  Speaker 2: up and stayed on. So I went up on with
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  Speaker 2: Autumn actually on Wednesday for the registration. Oh yeah, and
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  Speaker 2: just that's when the normality hits. Really just so many people,
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  Speaker 2: all the stores and so and so on and forth,
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  Speaker 2: and then we went up on Saturday, we did the
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  Speaker 2: meet and greet with the Roberts Legion at the Expo
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  Speaker 2: Center and started to meet. This was the first time
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  Speaker 2: really i'd met face to face some of the people
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  Speaker 2: that I was going to run with, other than the
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  Speaker 2: other fifty six thousand. Yeah, but you know that was
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  Speaker 2: that was a brilliant It was a really kind of
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  Speaker 2: relaxed me into the whole weekend. Yeah, and we stayed
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  Speaker 2: in Canning Town, so really it was just a short tube.
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  Speaker 1: Did you guys, did you go out for a meal
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  Speaker 1: that night? Did you sleep well? Or no?
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  Speaker 2: My best friend and his wife came down. So we
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  Speaker 2: had a little airbnb in Canningtown and we just ate indoors.
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  Speaker 3: Really.
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  Speaker 2: We had a We had a bottle of wine, of
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  Speaker 2: which the glass was taken away from me after I said,
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  Speaker 2: like that's it. You've had enough now and you need
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  Speaker 2: a good night sleep. So yeah, so we inside, we
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  Speaker 2: just had some pasta and some bits and pieces. Continued
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  Speaker 2: with the car bloading as it were.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, right, okay, we're going to take a little break
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  Speaker 1: now because this is so interesting. But we've got a
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  Speaker 1: special song coming up now. I want you to tell
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  Speaker 1: us a little bit about this song.
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  Speaker 2: So really my mindset when I'm doing my tra especially
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  Speaker 2: the initial training, is that is to really just concentrate
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  Speaker 2: on the next couple of footsteps in front of you.
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  Speaker 2: And so a song I thought was really apt to
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  Speaker 2: go on one of my my marathon spot list Spotify
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  Speaker 2: was to chase the Pavements.
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  Speaker 1: And so unless I have a little listen to Adele
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  Speaker 1: and chasing Pavements.
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  Speaker 3: I've made up my mind. Don't need to think it over.
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  Speaker 1: That's all there Chasing pavements and work great track for
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  Speaker 1: a song leads nowhere right there chasing pavements. I mean
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  Speaker 1: we were just talking off here. I mean that song there,
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  Speaker 1: would it not make you slow down? And it might
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  Speaker 1: do you a favor actually, instead of like you know,
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  Speaker 1: carrying on and sort of hurting yourself, you might just
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  Speaker 1: play that and have a little wrist Well.
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  Speaker 2: That was one of the things I found from doing
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  Speaker 2: the lid half math and it was going off too quickly,
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  Speaker 2: so I amended my playlist to put some stuff in
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  Speaker 2: that kind of slowed me down. And one of the
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  Speaker 2: things that I found, kind of almost by accident, really
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  Speaker 2: was I started listening to podcasts rather than music whilst
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  Speaker 2: I was training, because that was much more consistent tempo
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  Speaker 2: and I managed and then you could stay for longer
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  Speaker 2: rather than all of a sudden turning into six minute
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  Speaker 2: kilometers when you're kind of looking at eight. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was much more. But again that's part of the
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  Speaker 2: learning curve where you're doing this for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, right, okay, so we've got to the point where
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  Speaker 1: you've just had a glass of wine and a bit
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  Speaker 1: past that and getting your head down, so you wake
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  Speaker 1: up the next morning, uh, nervous or what.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure that I slept too much the night
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  Speaker 2: before really, so I was awake at silly o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: Really was And what start time were you? Because it
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  Speaker 1: was different zones, wasn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I volunteered for the Green Start this year,
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  Speaker 2: so the whole idea was supposed to be obviously more environmentary. Friends,
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  Speaker 2: we didn't have the bags, et cetera. So I had
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  Speaker 2: an eleven oh three on the Green Start.
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  Speaker 1: Right, and how far were you away a year? Accommodation?
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't particular. So cunning Town is only two stops
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  Speaker 2: on the DLR, so it was it was quite quite
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  Speaker 2: close and we were doing a group picture at nine
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  Speaker 2: o'clock at the top of Greenwich so we were then
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  Speaker 2: plenty of the time and I do remember walking up
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  Speaker 2: quite the steep slope thinking they do realize we're about
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  Speaker 2: to run a marathon and it's exhausted at the time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, So you run up from the museum up
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  Speaker 1: to the top there, Yeah yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean in such a wonderful spot and for
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  Speaker 2: those that remember the day, the weather was absolutely stunning,
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  Speaker 2: so we had blue skies, the view over London and
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  Speaker 2: a big group of RBR runners for the teen photo.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good spot because in the years that I've
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  Speaker 1: been up there, the coach normally drops the folks to
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  Speaker 1: athletes off at the top of Greenwich Park there and
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  Speaker 1: as spectators we go the opposite way, go down it know,
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  Speaker 1: and we end up our first our first sort of
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  Speaker 1: port call is the cut his up and that is
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  Speaker 1: about ten k it's about six miles in and at
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  Speaker 1: that time the runners that have been training to run
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  Speaker 1: twenty six miles still very fresh and they are buzzing.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's electric at the case ark. I must admit,
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  Speaker 1: if you can get anywhere near the front so okay,
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  Speaker 1: so you're in the green start away, you go, did
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  Speaker 1: you go off too fast at the marathon?
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  Speaker 2: So it was I mean, it was probably I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to say that probably one of my favorite parts of
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  Speaker 2: the day really because we there was I think there
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  Speaker 2: was seven of us, i'll be our runners that we
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  Speaker 2: all had the same start time, so we got to
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  Speaker 2: cross the start line all hand in hand al together.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So that was a really quite you know, it was
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  Speaker 2: a lovely moment for us to all kind of cross together.
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  Speaker 2: And then we very quickly kind of all settled into
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  Speaker 2: our own, our own tempo. And I was running with
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  Speaker 2: a lady called Sarah, who, ironically, which I only found
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  Speaker 2: out probably about three four miles in, lives in the
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  Speaker 2: same town as my best friend who was also down
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  Speaker 2: to help support us going around. So we were chatting
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  Speaker 2: away as the those first sort of couple of miles
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  Speaker 2: really so and we were very much sort of are
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  Speaker 2: we happy with this tempo?
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  Speaker 1: Is this good?
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  Speaker 3: So?
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, we very quickly set on and the first
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  Speaker 2: couple of miles is nice slope downhill as well really
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  Speaker 2: so yeah. It was very easy to get into the run,
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  Speaker 2: and as I said, I was very mindful of pace.
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  Speaker 1: Really, it is good then if you hooked up initially
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  Speaker 1: with someone the same pace, because if they'd been a
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  Speaker 1: little bit past her and a bit more comfortable, it's
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  Speaker 1: easy to get dragged a lung, especially in the early stages. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I certainly know that over the years running with my partner,
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  Speaker 1: so she's just like half a yearld faster than me,
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  Speaker 1: and I always felt that like trying to keep up
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  Speaker 1: with her, you know, whereas when I was running on
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  Speaker 1: my own, I run at my own pace. Okay, So
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  Speaker 1: to take us through some of the memorable moments, if
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  Speaker 1: you like, you know, things like cutty so you know
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  Speaker 1: ten mile half marathon, can you remind us about.
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  Speaker 2: That, well, I think sort of. Firstly is I almost
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  Speaker 2: don't want to spoil the fun really for some of
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  Speaker 2: the for the people that have never run the London
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  Speaker 2: Marathon before. And there's almost I think they call them
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  Speaker 2: easter eggs in films where you have all these little
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  Speaker 2: hidden gems. There's some parts which I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: spoil some of the fun really because literally from the
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  Speaker 2: moment you cross the start line, you smile at all
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  Speaker 2: the silly little things and all the humorous things. What
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: the crowd do as well. That kind of keep you going,
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  Speaker 2: but by an absolute country mile Cutty Sark, because you
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  Speaker 2: don't see Cutty Sark until you turn according to right,
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden, the wall of noise
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  Speaker 2: just absolutely hits you and you see Cutty Sock. And
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  Speaker 2: as I said, for me, that was the iconic thing
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  Speaker 2: of the London Marathon watching it in the early eighties,
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  Speaker 2: et cetera. But you know, it was all it was
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  Speaker 2: all about the Cutty Sarp. Where they changed the route
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: a little bit further on, Cutty Sark was always the constant.
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  Speaker 2: So and that's the first place that I knew that
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  Speaker 2: my family were. So as you come around the hairs
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  Speaker 2: on the back, it just absolutely just to stick up
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  Speaker 2: and I saw my family on the left hand side,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the crowd was sort of five or
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  Speaker 2: sixty and they did manage to get to the front.
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  Speaker 2: And the comedy moment is that my my wife and
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  Speaker 2: her daughters had made these signs and a little bit
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: of artistic license was taken. It was and I was
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: taking the mickey, but they've done them in the RBL colors,
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: so they were very bright and I saw them from
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: you know, the corner and so straight away, you know,
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: it kind of ran over and and it was such
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: an emotional moment. And then a cormost there's all.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: It just you.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: You're the peaks and troughs of the whole marathon then
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: starts to come into effect, but certainly cutty Sark and
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: then that the first half, when you're going through Jamaica
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: Road through rather Hive, it's you know, it just it
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: just goes in a bout of an eyelid. It's when
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: you talk about you know, it's it's eight miles, nine miles,
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: ten miles. You just don't realize it. And then I mean,
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: I know South London quite well, so I knew how
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: close we were getting to sort of Tower Bridge, and
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: I said to Sarah, I said, do you do you
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: know where we are? And she goes, no, not really.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: I said, well, quarterver mile up that road, you'll see
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: where we turn left. That's Tower of London. So at
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: Tower Bridge, So you know, get yourself ready because you
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: know that's that's when icons that's the iconic moment. Yeah,
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: So we went up there and so you know, again
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: we went hand in hand on the first part, and
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: that's where all the photophals are and you know, and
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: it was again such an emotional moment, a crossing London Bridge,
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: Tower of London. It's it was just, you know, incredible.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: And so when did it start to you know, hurk,
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: like did you hit the wall?
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: So I wouldn't say it was the wall. It was
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: as as we came off Tower Bridge and turned right
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: going towards the Isle of Dogs really and that's where
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: you hit halfway. So first that was I haven't run
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: as far as this before, so that's the first kind
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: of like seed that gets sown. Again. As I said earlier,
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: so much of this is mental as well as physical,
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: and that that part of the route as well. You
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: see runners starting to come back the other way and
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: they've done two yeah, yeah, yeah, And then you're seeing
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: because again the heat of the day, you're seeing people struggle.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: So it gets into your head that I've still got
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: another ten miles to go, and so you kind of
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: got to ignore that and focus again you're chasing that
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: pavement in front of you, you know that those those
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: the steps, and concentrating on your own run rather than
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: what other people are doing. And if they're struggling or
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: if they're looking good. It's it's that part. So, and
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: I think the next sort of four or five miles
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: really started to get quite tough. And where I struggled
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: is I think I overfueled. Everybody talks about getting their
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: fueling strategy right and obviously all your training runs, et cetera.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: I got so worried about the heat of the day
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: and underfueling that I felt, yeah, so and so this
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: one does come with a strong wind warning. As I
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: got towards sort of sixteen seventeen miles, I started to
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: get cramps in my tommy and I wasn't quite sure
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: what it was. I wasn't it was nausea whether you know,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: but I did need I needed to.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Go and visit a toilet.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: So there was quite a big gap between and the
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: various toys. When I did find a toilet block, literally
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: was a ten minute wait to get in there. And
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: then Sarah was in the toilet block next to me,
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: and as I sat down, and that's when I discovered
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: it was wind. And I could hear Sarah laughing in
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: the cubicle next to me. Becaues is that you yeah,
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: really sorry? But but that was a result from too
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: many gels too quick really, and I didn't realize this
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: until after the race, really because I was really quite
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: concerned as to you know, why is this happened?
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: Okay, right, well, we're going to play another song now,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: and I want you to tell us about this song
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: and then we can come back to you and you
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: can tell us about the little bit between the toilet
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: break and the finishing line that was this song going
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: to be there.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: So this is Queen. So this is my late dad's
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: favorite band. And again when you talk about inspirations for
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: getting you around twenty six point two miles, he was
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: certainly there. So one of his favorite favorite bands. And
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: again nothing was going to stop me now, and so
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: don't stop.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: There we go. So there we go. What a great
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: intro for don't stop Me Now.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna have myself.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Real good time. I feel alive.
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: And I will stop you stop.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: So Queen, there another great title track, don't stop Me Now.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: If you're running a marathon, well, okay, so then you've
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: come out of the toilet as feeling refreshed and deflated,
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: I suppose in one respect. So it's off to the start,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: off to the finish line. Just runs through that last
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: little bit.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: So I think everybody struggles around Canary Wharf. It's a strange,
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: strange mood hoover really, but that's where some family members are.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: The Canary Wharf there was the last raw British Legion
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: chair station and really from from therein I knew that
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: I was finishing. It was that the time was immaterial.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: I was just going to really soak in those last
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: few miles. Really, it was just such an amazing feeling
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: just listening to the crowd and my snapshot moment really
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: of the whole day, the one that I'm I will
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: take away to, you know, the day that I die,
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: was just passing through Victoria Embankment and I looked to
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: my left and there was a lady that had her
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: leg ambutator from the knee down running one of those
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: those blades. And then to my right there was a
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: fim undressed in his full rig and you know, the
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: crowd were going absolutely by me, and I thought, this
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: is what the day's about. You know, an incredible feeling.
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: Puts it all in perspective, and yeah, yeah, yeah, if
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: you forget about your aches and pains when you see
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: people like that.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, everything else just kind of falls into
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: insignificant Yeah.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: And acrossing the line moment, what about that?
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: It was It's a really strange feeling because it's the time.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: I had no idea what the time was, but it
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: was such that all I wanted to do was grab
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: hold of somebody that I knew and give them a cuddle,
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: you know. And yeah, amazing feeling when it's when you're
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: seeing you know, everybody around you and from touching going
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: through the line. You literally presented the medal straight away
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: and are you okay, yep, thumbs up.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: It's so much regular for a picture straight away. Oh
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: they did? When I did it, you got your medal rights?
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Stand there the picture.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well they've got to kick the camera above the
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: finished like that, so you can you download those after
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: a couple of days, right, But there were people that
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: were there, but to be honest, I just wanted to
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: get to see my family.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, of course. And when did when did you
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: meet them? Because your goes three.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that was probably the time it took me
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: to get around was about twenty minutes or sorry to
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: get up there. So it's quite a long time and
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: you've almost come off that high from finishing, so you're
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: coming down. The one thing it does do is as
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: you meet them, you look as if you haven't run
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: a marathon. You know, you can't look because if you've
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: recovered a little bit and your legs a little bit wobbly.
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: But it was just seeing and Sarah, who'd split up
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: from me about sort of two throats through the marathon.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: She was a bit quicker than I was and had
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: a bit more legs in her, so having to see
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: her there as well as well as you know the
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: rest of my friends and family.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: So what was that family moment like when you saw them?
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: I mean it was just again big caddles, really got
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: medal drape around my neck and really it was you know,
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: I found that I had a little bit more pace
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: in me because I could walk quickly, you know, Dan
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: horsecars to go and meet them. It was a very
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: very special moment.
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Okay, Now you've been fundraising for the British Legion, Royal
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: British Legion and you got your charity to place. So
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: end of the day, how much did you raise?
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: So I raised two and twenty three pounds, right, So firstly,
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: I know we can do some thank yous later, but
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: thank you ever so much for everybody that showed the
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: support for me and all the bits and pieces that
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: we did, all the fundraising, the cake baits, et cetera.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for everybody that showed the support
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: and sponsored me for that.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah question, I think it's time to name drop some
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: people that you want to absolutely far away.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: So firstly, for everybody in the RBO that run with me.
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: There was one hundred and sixty eight of us I
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: think there was that run them under mouth from that day.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: Some of those were that got ballot places and other
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: ones we had the charities. But so thank you for
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: all those that supported us on the chair stations and
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: everybody that was that part of group. It was a
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: brilliant and we've stayed in touch. We've all part of
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: the whatsappen on Facebook, so we're still there. Hopefully we'll
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: get to do this again very soon. And then my mentors,
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Hillary Collins and Autum Richardson for forgetting me into this
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: in the first place and to give me those wised
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: words of encouragement, especially in the in the early days.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: To the RBR members of Cheriton and mare Hall that's
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: supported me. Again, thank you so much, those that have donated,
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: and also the words of wisdom, and then obviously my family,
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: family and friends, so kind of like Mum and dad
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: in law, Trevor and av who again the royal connections
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: to the Rowbritish Legion. We'll just go back for years
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: and years and years. So my stepdaughter's Ruby and Holly
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: for all their encouragement along the route, and then to
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: my best mate Chris and Pammy that came down to support.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: And then finally it would be very remiss of me
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: to say thank you so much to my wife Penny.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: The best you left the best rest last, Hello, Penny,
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: I understand you. Hopefully you're listening there in Canterbury.
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: She did every sixty four thousand steps with me and
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: she may not have been there in body, but she
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: was certainly there in spirit, so I couldn't have done
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: it without.
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: Them, right, excellent, Well, Dan, it's been a wonderful journey
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: right from if you like, from lid when of course
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: first saw you running, to the interview we did at
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: the Three Heels, and now hearing it all again now
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: as you say you've calmed down, you can think about
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: it constructively. So what happens next to you on the
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: road again somewhere.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: So I'm checking my emails literally ever fourteen seconds for
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: hopefully a charity place for twenty twenty six really okay,
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: hopefully for the Royal Bridge Legion. I'd really really like
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: to do it again. And so I've got some plans
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: for autumn. I'll go and do the Raw Parks half ye,
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: then I'd like to do Lydd again, yeah yeah, and
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: then hopefully building up to the twenty twenty six.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: Well, Dennis, thanks you so much for coming in and
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: I hope that the Den's been an inspiration to some
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: of your runners out there. That's oh right. It's a
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: long journey, but you can do it. And if you
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: get a place in the London Marathon, it's a day
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: never to forget, isn't it. That's right then, yeah.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: A wonderful, wonderful day raw emotion.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: Right, Okay, Dan, thank you so much. As I said before,
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: now I'm going to play this song. And now this
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: song is more about what's not so much the title
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: of the song, but more in the name of the group.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: And this is just a little fun song for you, Dan.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: This is Boogie Wonderland by break windom Fire. Well we're
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: going to fade that one down a little bit because
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: it is a very long song. But that was for
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: Dane had a little bit of trouble on the marathon.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: That was break windom fire right, so it starts and
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: cricket news now at the three Heels. Last week Dartford
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: won the toss against Folks them first eleven and decided
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: to bat, making two hundred and twenty eight for eight
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: in their fifty overs. The Daford bowlers then proved too
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: strong for Folks, then bowling them out for one hundred
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: and one runs in just thirty six overs. After four games,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: the league tables have started to take shape a bit,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: with the Bickley Park unbeaten on top. Folks then are
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: seventh out of ten clubs. This week it's another home
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: game as they welcomed second place seven Oaks Lyne Cricket
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: Club to the three Hills. Hive Cricket Club traveled to
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: Ash near Sandwich and came home with a six wicket victory.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: Ash won the toss and made one hundred and fifty
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: two for eight and forty overs, but Hythe made the
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty six necessary for four wickets. Top
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: scorer was wicket keeper and captain Matt Ford with forty five.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: This week they welcomed bettsang A Colliery to the Grove.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: In the low scoring game. Egerton won the toss and
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: decided to bat against Hive Green but could only make
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: sixty all out. The Green then took up the bat
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: and made sixty two for two, winning the game by
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: eight wickets. This week the Green are away to Tenidon
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: Nelson Cricket Club from Thannet were the visitors to Saltwood
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: in a very close game. Seal Wood won the toss
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: and decided to bat, making two hundred and nine for nine.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: Two players Alex Morrissey and Jack Goodin Are both making
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: fifty two apiece. However, Nelson were hot on Saltward's heels,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Oliver Cousins taking four wickets for just sixteen runs, but
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: salt would hang on, bowling Nelson all out for one
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: hundred and eighty nine, winning the game by just twenty runs.
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: Sipton Park traveled away to Merzam. They won the toss
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: and decided to field first, so then Merzam made two
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: hundred and forty one all out and made two hundred
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: and forty one all out sorry SIPs. Top scorer on
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: the day was Tom Carr. He made fifty four, but
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: they fell sure the target, making one hundred and fifty
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: six all out, losing the game by eighty five runs.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: This week it's the Battle of the Parks as Linton
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: Park visit Sipton Park for a twelve thirty start. Now,
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Hawkins didn't have a game last week, but that might
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: be because there are an odd number of teams in
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: there league. So this week they're away to deal Victoria
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: and Barnes Close and the game starting at one pm. Okay,
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: so we're going to go on. We've got quite a
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: bit to do now. About the Hive Bay Triathlon. Last
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: weekend saw that the Triflon held for its eighth year,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: and Max Ramsley from Ashford Tri Club sent me this
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: report and I shall read it out for you. The
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: Hive Bay Triathlon, organized by Ashford tri Club, took place
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: on June the first at Hive Swimming Pool in Kent.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: The super Spring Triathlon featured featured a two hundred and
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: fifth pool swim, a sixteen k bike ride from Hive
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: to Folks on the Back and a five k run
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: along the scenic seafront. Sangate and back. One hundred and
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: twenty four triathletes took part, and the weather was very
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: kind to them. It was dry a bit windy. Participants
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: praised the events friendly and relaxed atmosphere, with many highlighting
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: the supportive, encouraging marshals. The event was noted for being
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: particularly welcome h to beginners, making it an ideal choice
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: for first time triathletes. The organization received high marks, with
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: participants appreciating the well planned course and the dedication of
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: the volunteers. One precipitant participant described the event as excellent
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: with a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Another thing the organizers,
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: marshals and volunteers for making their first triathlon a memorable occasion,
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: calling it a brilliant event, well planned and organized, and
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: several commented on the fantastic atmosphere perfect for beginners and
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: sieve seasoned athletes alike. A first time triathlete said the
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: organizers created a truly special experience, and another remarked that
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: the event was so enjoyable it was over before they realized,
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: praising the nice, encouraging, supportive marshals well with an overall
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: rating of four point nine out of five based on
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: multiple reviews, the Hive Bay Triathlon was a resounding success.
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: Its combination of a well organized course, supportive environment, and
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: beginner friendly approach makes it a standout event in the
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: triathlon calendar. Whether you're new to the sport or a
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: seasoned athlete, this event offers a rewarding and enjoyable experience.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: So for more information and to participant reviews, visit the
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: Hive Bay Triathlon twenty twenty five event page or learn
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: more about the club by going to Ashford Triclub dot
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: co dot uk. So that was Max's report. Thank you
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: for that, Max Ramsley. And further to that report, I
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: just want to add that the split actually was eighty
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: one men and forty three ladies taking part. First mail
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: home was Jim Bacon in a time of fifty one
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: minutes forty five seconds and first female was Amy Wimble
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: in one hour, one minute forty eight seconds. Special mentions
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: must go to a lady who was guested on my
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: show Listen to this nearly ten years ago when she
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: took part in an Ironman competition, which is a two
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: point four mile swim, one hundred and twelve mile bike
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: ride and a full twenty six point two mile marathon.
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: In those ten years, Clara Wood has settled down in
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: a relationship as three young children, and she's put on
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: a few extra pounds. Now that are her words, not mine,
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: but she made a triathlon comeback finishing third lady overall.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: So massive world does to you, Clara? Is there another
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: iron man on the horizon?
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: Well?
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: I don't think so. Actually, with three young children to
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: look after, another special mention must go to a South
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: Kent Harriet Sean Pilcher. Now, over the last few years
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: I've got to know Sean and his partner Vicky Sown
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: at running events, and a little shout out here for
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: Vicky who's gone from strength to strength since she ran
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: Race for Life in the memory of her mum.
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  Speaker 3: Well.
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: I bumped into Sean when he was marshall in an
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: event a springtime marathon, I think it was in Ashford,
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: and he told me you needed something extra rather than
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: just running, So he decided to enter the Hive Bay
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: event and what a great way to start. Shawn's overall
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: time was one hour, six minutes, thirty eight seconds. He
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: finished thirty six overall, showing that he had obviously been
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: training hard for that day, so well done to you, Sean. Now,
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: if you've listened to this report and want to have
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: a go to be fair, there are two very well
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: established clubs in this area. The Ashford tri Club are
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: the ones that held the splendid event last Sunday. But
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: if you live over Dover away you can contact deal
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: Try Club. Both clubs having Facebook pages and if you're
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: training for a triathlon, there's a little bit out of
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: town and just give me a call and we will
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: spread your story. Okay, back to the music now, I've
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: still got a bit more to cram in, so let's
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: have a little listen to Elvis. Okay, time to fade
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: Elvis out, as I do want to get some of
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: this stuff and if I can't get it all in,
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: I will be talking about it on Saturday on Ady's show.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: But listen to this one then. Last Sunday me and
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: missus Ferry's elf early for haste things. I was on
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: the mic at the Hastings Runners five mile event. The
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: race started and finished outside the Hastings Town Hall, which
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: saw a five hundred and twenty nine runners across the
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: finish line. First mail home was a Wegata Zem from
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: ashvide See who only last week won the Folkston Coastal ten.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: He finished in a time of twenty six minutes and
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: ten seconds and first lady home was Grace Baker in
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine minutes and three seconds, running for Hastings Athletic Club.
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  Speaker 1: Different club to the host club now. It was nice
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: to see four runners from Folkston, former guests of the show,
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: Amy Seeger and Darren Scrivens along with Darren crwe and
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: his partner Jody Stokes. It was a real buzzy type
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: venue in the town and special mentions must go to
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Ron Huggett, who was wearing a number one as he'd
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: run all the previous seventeen races, and a big shout
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: out to Nick Webb. Nick always wears a headband when
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: he runs and as a Mexican mustache and his nickname
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: is one one eight, so they gave him the one
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: one eight number and he kindly donated one hundred d
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: eighteen pound to the race. All the proceeds of the race,
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: including his donation, going towards Saint Michael's Hospice. In the
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: past seventeen years, the Hastings runners have donated seventy thousand
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: pounds to the hospice and it's a nice gesture from
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Nick there. Big congratulations go to all the Hastings runners
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: who volunteered, plus the guides and the scouts. They were involved.
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: And we mustn't forget a big shout out to first
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: time a race director Natasha Slow, who did a magnificent job,
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: looking very calm all day we're on the outside. She
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: did well, You've done a great job there, Natasha, So
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: well done to you, and thank you for Hastings as
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: Runners for asking me down there on Sunday. Now a
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: little bit of local stuff now, well, Park run Park
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: Run this week is off right. Park Run on the
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: Lee's on Saturday is not happening, So don't go up there.
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: Please tell your friends if they are going up there.
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: And the Junior Park run as well, Radne Park Junior
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: Park Run that's not happening because there's an event in
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: the middle of the park and the crowd sort of
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: can't help it. They spill onto the path as the
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: juniors do run around the path. And I've just been
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: told by Amy Stimpson, who's say an ambassador a race
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: director for the Dover Park Run that is not happening either.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure why. Sometimes they do in roadworks
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: or there might even be an event on the promenade there.
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: So don't go to Dover, don't go to Folkstone. But
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: if you're a tourist, then get out somewhere. There's always
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: loads of races, but just check before you travel. Okay,
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: So what we're going to do now, which we're going
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: to try and squeeze another little bit of music in
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: and so don't go away. Point nine the sound of
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: Folkstone Radio Folkstone. Okay, we're going to Beyonce down there
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: and I will be watching the time, but I do
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: want to get this in because this is happening on Sunday.
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: This Sunday sees my favorite race on the calendar, Cancer
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: Research UK's at a race for Life and there's round
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: about a thousand people taking part this week. And the
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: weather looks good the sunny intervals and a moderate bruise
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: but no rain forecast. Now there's three options, three K,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: five K and ten K, all starting at ten thirty,
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: so be careful about the parking. It's always a bit
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: dodgy up there by the leaves, so get someone to
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: drop you off now, I've lost track of how many
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: years I've been doing this, comparing this event along with
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: myself and the warm up lady Joe Thompson, we've been
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: ever present and long may at last. And my guess
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: is we all know someone that's been touched by cancer
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: and raising funds is so important to eradicate this awful disease.
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: It's kind of a happy sad day, you know, especially
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: if you're running a memory of someone you've recently lost.
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: But the atmosphere generated just lifts you, you know. So
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: if you're not running but you want to help, whine
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: not volunteer, race director Sarah Jane Winding will always find
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: you a job. You could be marshaling or at the
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: busy finish line giving out medals and drinks, just helping out.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: If you fancy this, then look out for the admin
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: tent and if you can get up there around about
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: at nine o'clock and you get signed in, that would
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: be brilliant. So if you want to take part and
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: you don't, you don't have to run, of course, don't forget.
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: You don't have to run. You can walk, you can jog,
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: you can enter on the day, So get that pink
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: two two out of the cupboard and that includes you
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: fellers as well. And I see you there on Sunday
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: ten thirty. Okay, so we have only got forty odd
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: seconds left and I haven't had a chance to read
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: out the folks that in Victor disability result and a
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: little report, so I'll do that on Saturday. So join
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: me and Lady Dorks on Saturday when we would do
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: the Saturday Sports Show. This show kind of takes us
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: a little bit further out than folks than on Hive
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: and you know a bit of well not so much
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: now the Premier League, but anything that's going on sporty
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: wise in the world really, So tune in Saturday, and
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: if you want to come on the show, just let
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: me know, you know, and we can squeeze you in somewhere.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: It's a busy ol show, that's for sure. See you
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: Saturday nine online at Radio Folkston dot com and on
• 40:31
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