Run > Long Run

My 9th consecutive Duchy Marathon - put down as a training run as started at 12 min miling with Ruth - knowing it was going to be quite a struggle to finish. Quite a lot of walking, but even more time spent taking photos as it was a nice day! windy, but warm enough to wear a muscle vest (no sleeves) under my club vest, as I had two buffs with me, one over my ears and one round my neck - I also carried my hat all the way round - it blew off within the first mile ... my lead leg (LEFT) started to ache - shin & quad - by mile 18 ... fortunately I was able to get a couple of paracetomol from one of the marshalls - St Johns Ambulance weren't allowed to let me have any! so the last 5 miles weren't TOO difficult. The worst bit was getting stressed at mile 9 WHEN THE WATER STATION HAD NO WATER!!! I stopped running after I'd drunk all my own water as it was quite warm - then THERE WASN'T ANY WATER AT MILE 12!!!! I got to the main road in Pool and there was a Spar shop - fortunately I had a pound coin in my bum bag!!! (locker £1) I paid 60p for a 500ml bottle of water & then I stopped, thinking I'd better wait to see if there was anyone else who needed some, it was awful! There were more than 400 entrants this year - more than 179 finishers in the marathon (not all were listed) and 220 in the 20 mile event