Update: It's over!  Without doubt the hardest marathon I've ever done.  26 degrees, horrible hills and no crowd support but finished in 4 hours 45 mins - a personal worst by 23 mins! Happy that it was all I could have done on the day (from 18 on it was deadly) but I ran the whole way.  You can see some photos here http://www.marathon-photos.com/scripts/buy.py?event=Sports/2009/Blackmores Sydney Running Festival&photo=BMCY0424&bib=20005 just about all taken in the last mile hence the smiling!  Fantastic to see the total has gone up even more - thank you so much.  Am now recovering in the Whitsunday Islands and off to NZ in a few days :-) what with that and the money raised for ANT it makes it all worthwhile!  Kath x

Update Sat 19th Sept: Just over 12 hours till we start and just about to eat a ginormous bowl of pasta, don't feel like eating at all but it has to be done!  Serious butterflies in the stomach, just want to get to the start line and start running now this has been the LONGEST day!  Didn't get to sleep till 4.30am last night, hopefully that won't happen tonight as we have to get up at 5am!  Fantastic to see we're over 1500 pounds now - thanks very much everyone! 

 

Update Tues 15th Sept: No getting out of it now, we fly to Sydney tonight.  Thanks to everyone who has been so generous in your support! Please think of us at 10.15pm on Sat night - we'll be on the start line down there where it will be 7.15am Sunday morning.  Whatever happens over the following hours it will I am sure be an amazing experience running over the Harbour Bridge and finishing by the Opera house (the finishing bit especially!)  I feel very lucky to get to do it - thanks for your amazing support again in digging deep and sponsoring me, when it gets tough it will really help. See you all soon, love Kath x