My 60th Birthday Marathon Challenge by idhorne

Last post before the big day - on Blackberry as we've been in London since Thursday. What a day yesterday! After a huge breakfast at the hotel - well we are carb loading ;-) - we went the Expo to register and visit the Sense and Realbuzz stands. Got photo taken with the winner's trophy which was huge. Saw Paula Ratcliffe jogging on a huge treadmill and her interview at the Pasta Party- very informative and motivational. Bought a VLM polo shirt and a cap from SIS where I also stocked up with some more energy bars. Then went off to Greenwich for a guided tout of the start area provided by WRP Tours. It was well worth the effort to be shown the different starts and the route around the park, the toiltets, the meeting poiint for the Sense runners as well. Afterwards we went to the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Mainly to sit down with a drink but we had our photo taken straddling the Prime Meridian of the World. It was avery busy, tiring day and unfortunately a blister started to develop under my right big toe :-( . Onnly hope it doesn't cause any prblems on Sunday! I haven't run since Tuesday as my left ITB is still painful - my chiropractor advised massage, ice and lots of stretching should help to ease it. Hopefully my body will be fully rested andx I'm feeling completely relaxed about the whole occasion - bring it on ;-D . Good luck to all you VLM runners and thanks for all the advice and support from my Realbuzz bloggers. Keep on shuffling! : - D Ian