Jersey Marathon
4th October 2015

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Official Results

Noel Jones 4.15.01
Sylvia Jones 5.37.01

As much as I love you all I didn't want to spend 'my' 30th wedding anniversary celebrating the Harriers 30th year in Bournemouth. To lure Noel away I found a marathon in Jersey to enter. 2000 of the 2500 entrants actually run the relay so there was quite a party atmosphere with friendly team rivalry and banter. 
 
Noel and I were accosted for an interview by BBC Jersey thanks to our Bedford Harrier shirts. Not sure if we made the cut though.  Jonathan Edwards started us off through the streets of St Hellier then it was, up, up, up along leafy lanes, past reservoirs and through villages all with supporters cheering from gardens. Church goers handed out sweets and people played music from their cars. The relay runners who had started half an hour later all had an encouraging word as they went past.  The marshalling was brilliant. There were lots of junctions and every one would have at least one marshal and an honorary policeman stopping traffic. 
 
Round the airport and I had a lift when I recognised the parkrun route along a disused railway line. Not least because it was downhill. At 22 miles we turned onto the sea front. All flat but - oh my goodness- the wind. I was so pleased to see the finish line. I collected a foil blanket and joined Noel in the finish marquee where he made use of my free beer and burger tokens as I had a well earned cup of tea.