Daniel's Dad completes the London Marathon

So I (Daniel's Dad) completed the London Marathon successfully, raising over £3,600 for STEPS. The experience was absolutely incredible. There were thousands of people cheering all the runners along the whole way, with pubs on the route decorated in different themes, each packed to the rafters with and spilling outside. The whole atmosphere was so positive.

I did the first half in 2:05 and was feeling really good, except I aggravated an earlier calf injury and had to alternate between running and walking for the last half, and I finished in 5:11. It was quite a disappointment to be beaten home by many fancy dressed runners including: a camel occupied by two runners; a 10ft high bottle of London Pride Beer; Richard Branson dressed as a Butterfly; Princess Beatrice in a train of 34 people tied together (first royal to finish and largest chain of people tied together); Darth Vader; and the Gingerbread man. One week on, however, the old body has recovered pretty well.

Thanks again to everyone for supporting me with your donations and thoughts! It really helped keep me going.

We are now in Florida, gearing up for Daniel's surgery on Monday.

Posted by Shane (Daniel's Dad)