Well done everyone, even those who clapped the competitors along for hours on end.The only good time I ever got was in the first one, from then on there were always too many people and you can never make up the slow start. However it's all about enjoying the day and collecting in the sponsorship money for whatever cause. After a night on the 'Toon' following a terrific football match on the Saturday the mood was set up nicely with a birthday celebration for Graham Taylor in the picture and piano pub. We saw John Motson carrying the cake and we all sang along to Happy Birthday but at that point we did n't have a clue who we were singing it to! Both Motty and Graham ran very well on the Sunday. The music on the Quayside was good too, with the Katherine Tickell band performing very well. Only one draw back, caught up in the emotion, watching the minutes silence and the prayer before the race and then seeing the camaraderie of the runners I apparently was heard to mention that I was going to dust off the old plimsoles and run it again and enter for next year. Damn, ok, so I will now take this opportunity to confirm publicly that I will enter, probably dressed as a giant heart cos that's what I'll need, along with probably a new pair of knees and stacks of sponsorship money for a couple of worthy causes.just to give it that extra zip..in the meantime.

all the very best and love from ricardo forstericci