Supporters Need To Carbo Load Too

We await the end of the Nottingham rush hour and then head down the M1 towards Eastbourne. It’s an amazingly easy drive down considering people have been telling such scare stories, me included. Then there’s the debate of which way to go, clockwise M25 or anticlockwise M25? We go anticlockwise and it works well.

After a brief dip in the very stormy sea, for the dogs that is, we check into our dog friendly hotel. That done we set off to find our dog friendly pub for our dog friendly meal. It’s amazing how well you can plan things with the internet.

L's done her own planning and has planned her drinks and food strategy with tomorrow’s marathon well in mind. This does though extend to a Belgian ale and a couple of halves of the rather excellent locally brewed Harveys’ Old Ale. I load up with a few more and hit the cheeseboard. Supporters need to carbo load too.

Tomorrow L will traverse Beachy Head and a few other hills along with 1750 others who have a oddly been categorised into runners, joggers or walkers. It looks quite pretty on the route map, if the weather holds...