Steffan
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Paris marathon 2007As far as I know, Graham is the only Benfleet runner doing this one?
All the best for a great run mate, I have no doubt you will blast around the course........
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Jez
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He will have the Mancers there to cheer him on though...................And also to take him to the ospital if he has another star turn!! 
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Lee O
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Graham..Good luck Mate, hope weather not too Hot!!
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Karl C
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yes, good luck guys (and girls - is Lucy back up to speed ?)
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Sharon G
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Have a good run on Sunday Graham!! 
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Stevie
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All the best mate, hope you manage to knock a few more mins off to get that sub 3 hour time you deserve.
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Mike Mason
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Good luck Graham...some advice:
don't mention Agincourt, Trafalgar etc etc in passing.....
rgds
Mike
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Graham
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Thanks kids. Jez - you are too kind.
27 degree C in Paris on Sunday. Lovely. Haven't shifted me cough either. Still, at least I'll be on the start line, puts me in a better position than some unfortunates.
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Karl C
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update 10:31am BST -
N° 3150 Graham BOOTY Cat. SH
kilometre Temps de passage Position
km 10 09h 27' 00" 1208th
km 21 10h 13' 23" 1055th
km 30 10h 50' 44" 893th
think this is elapsed time...from the 8:45 a.m French start time..??
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Karl C
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we are not worthy !
3150 BOOTY Graham
OFFICIAL TIME 02h 58' 15"
REAL TIME 02h 57' 43"
WELL DONE GRAHAM !!!
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Steffan
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G,
We were never in any doubt that you'd break the sub 3 at Paris!
Fantastic mate, totaly deserved.
I bet at the time of me writing this, you are in a bar in Paris with a massive smile on your face and a cold one in your hand!!!!
Good on ya mate.
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Lee O
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Well Done Graham...A nice Sub 3...Good On you Mate..
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Stevie
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Fantastic stuff Graham, sub 3 hours in hot weather - Legend.
I hope you are downing the beers to get some fluids back in you
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Pammie
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Well done Graham
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Karl C
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I heard a rumour he is going to swim the channel back to Blighty !
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Graham
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Thank you kindly for your kind words. Was a good day. Jez and Lucy made the effort and were very vociferous in their support at the 18 mile mark and then 400M from the finish - that always helps. I resisted the temptation to push and kept it steady the whole way, it was too hot for any heroics and the Essex 20 hiccup still haunts me. I never really hit the wall which was great, felt like I maybe should pick it up when I still felt OK with 3 or 4 miles to go but there seemed to be more people than normal pulling up with cramps on the home stretch (as a consequence of the heat?) and I didn't want to risk that. All in all very happy. A nice marker for future races!
I heard a rumour which was confirmed when I spoke to a 5 hour runner on the train back - they ran out of water at the first (5KM) water station for the slower athletes, so those poor sods didn't get a drink till 10K, by which time the runners were getting pretty stressed by all accounts. That's a bit poor eh?
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Graham
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Geez - and I thought it was warm in Paris....
Heat cuts Rotterdam marathon short
16 April 2007
AMSTERDAM – The Rotterdam marathon was cut short on Sunday because of the extreme heat. The organisers announced this measure some 3.5 hours into the event after a great number of participants were unable to continue.
Of the 7,800 participants, just over 4,200 finished the race, the remaining 3,600 were unable to cross the finish line, either because of the heat or the decision to stop the race early.
All the participants still on the route were advised to walk the remaining distance and vans were available to pick up people unable to continue.
Some 30 participants were taken to hospital, many of them with symptoms of dehydration. 17 were admitted for further treatment.
Two runners who collapsed were successfully resuscitated, said a spokesperson for the emergency medical services.
"Everyone got a medal," said marathon director Mario Kadiks. Many participants complained that there was not enough drinking water. Kadiks dismissed this criticism, saying that there was enough water on hand for all the runners.
Despite his claim however, runners reported that they regularly reached water stations and were told to "find a cup" from the discarded ones along the road since there were no clean ones left.
"All that was left when I reached one water station was a bucket, with bits of dirt floating in it. It was very badly organised," said Michael Casey (26) of Leiden.
A winner had already crossed the finish line when the race was cut short: Joshua Chelanga (34), from Kenya, came in first in the 34-degree heat with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 21 seconds.
[Copyright Expatica News 2007]
Subject: Dutch news
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mArKw
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Brilliant run Graham.
Glad you kept your head and ran intelligently rather than competitively
Were the Essex20 team organising these marathons this weekend?? icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" border="0" />
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Lucycat
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Hey Graham of course we made the effort. Wots de point in going all the way to paree to spend all the weekend in the grand magazins (although I did spend a large majority dans le grande magazins).
Fantastique et tres bien Graham. It was (??? C'est qu ce en Francais?) tres chaud en Dimarche et Samedi et Lundi aussi. Je pense c'est le ete en France.
Not a day for pbs which was a tiny bit of consolation pour moi. (jogging Karl ie not up to any speed at all unless it involves my brand new rollerblades and paddy)
Beautiful place if quieter than Londres.
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