Tobias Mews » Paris Marathon http://www.mewsnews.co.uk Ultra-Endurance athlete, Filmmaker, Adventure Journalist Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:11:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Paris Marathon 5 April 2009 http://www.mewsnews.co.uk/2009/04/06/paris-marathon-5-april-2009/ http://www.mewsnews.co.uk/2009/04/06/paris-marathon-5-april-2009/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:52:12 +0000 Tobias Mews http://www.mewsnews.co.uk/?p=324 I am tired, I have a cold and the furthest I have run in one session since October last year, was 13.1 miles. These were some of the thoughts that were running through my head as I boarded the Eurostar at an ungodly hour on Saturday morning.  I was not feeling the least bit prepared! However, as daylight greeted me and my fellow Clapham chasers on the other side of the channel, I decided to not dwell on the negatives, but look forward to seeing Paris as one should — by foot!

Any feelings of apprehension soon disappeared as I made my way to the front of the starter pen.  I had managed to upgrade my starting position to the sub 3hr group, as I knew that if I didn’t get a good start, then I would be held up.  Annoyingly, as I had not stayed with the other Chasers in their hotel, I only managed to find one Chaser at the start line.  However, any thoughts of running with him soon disappeared when the starter gun went off.

More to follow!

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