Not the easiest marathon that I would have chosen as my last one, but it was an extremely undulating off-road route with fabulous scenery for the first 8 miles or so and a couple of serious hills to warm us up. Then we hit Salisbury Plain and the Tank training area! Miles and miles of track, hills and dust which seemed to never end (at least 12 miles of it). Warning signs of “unexploded shells” ensured that we didn’t go off track. I didn’t even dare pop behind the bushes in fear of getting my bits blown off!
In all, a very well organised and marshalled run with plenty of cakes and goodies at the finish and a lovely individual medal. It was a relief though, as we turned a corner, to see the "Stones", signifying our last mile and as I approached the finish line, I couldn't overcome my emotions. My finish time was 4hrs 5mins and although officially it was the last run of my challenge, I couldn’t stop thinking about the Dog & Hedgehog half marathon the next week…watch this space!!
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