It's the big day, I'm pretty local so it's not a stupidly early start but the weather is playing on my mind. How to stay hydrated without drinking too much. What to wear? Sunglasses? Do I need sun cream? And If I use sun cream, will the sun cream run into my eyes when I sweat?
I'm with 40,000 other people, finding the right entrance, queuing for bag drop, queuing for the loo, final preparations.
I spot the toilets closest to the start pens. There must be 10-15 portaloos and there are 100ppl in each queue for two portaloos.
I turn around and see a couple of hundred portaloos about 100metres away with queues of about 30 ppl for every bank of 10 portaloos. It's a no brainer but I don't understand why everyone else is queueing and no one else is looking behind them? Must be the nerves.
I'm feeling it too. I'm carrying a 500ml bottle of an electrolyte drink with me. That's my drink from 9am until 10am when we start. No more. I don't need it. Anymore and I'll be drinking due to nerves and will have to stop for the loo mid race. Not cool.
I hand my bag over just leaving me with that water bottle in my hand, the cap on my head and my running gear. I fancy a sip. I've got another 30mins to the start of the race. Another 20mins before I'm across the start line. So prob 50mins to go. Just a sip now is fine. Wet my mouth.
I look down at the bottle. It's 2/3rds empty. How did that happen? Dammit, stupid, stop drinking now. Just sips.
I've been biting my nails too. I don't do that. Haven't done that since I was 10yrs old. Except when they are massively too long or I'm nervous. I'm nervous.
I walk to my pen, the race starts and... nothing.
We don't move.
Hardly surprising with 40k people around.
12minutes later I whip out my phone and leave this video.
I walk to my pen, the race starts and... nothing.
We don't move.
Hardly surprising with 40k people around.
