Help me. I can’t sleep. Truly cannot sleep.
No...not because I’ve been running so much the adrenaline is still pumping round my veins when it comes to bed time...Oh no...it’s because I start to drift off dreaming of the marathon....
and then I start picturing the finishing line......I can see myself stumbling along and then in the big writing is the 25 mile marker...wow...you’ve nearly made it Alice...you can hear the cheers and screaming...I then look out at the crowd and at that point I see all my friends waving and shouting...I smile and wave back with tears streaming down my face..(but still looking beautiful and make up in one place...obv)and then....... I see Jude Law in the crowd shouting above everyone else that he loves me, it was never Sienna, and now he can finally admit it. This gives me my final burst of energy, I shout back to Jude that I love him too, and then I’m off...
Sprinting and waving at the crowds at the barriers, In my head I can hear Martine McCutcheon “This is my moment...this is my perfect ... moment”.... when I overtake Paula Radcliffe who high fives me and says that I deserve to win this more than her so she hangs back and holds the rest of the elite runners back..So I...Alice Waite...can have “my moment”.....I see the finishing line...my arms are in the air....I’m now slow mo’ing with the Baywatch theme tune blaring out....the camera’s are flashing as Jude is waiting at the finish line and scoops me up in his arms where it is announced that I have not only won the marathon, I've completed it in record time....
And then?
I’m back in the room. Nursing a huge blister after running only 6.5 miles, am dragging my left leg behind me while walking due to my pulled groin, and knowing full well the only person greeting me and scooping me up at the finish line is the friendly St John’s ambulance man putting me on a stretcher as people are clearing up around me.
April the 17th you can’t come quickly enough....
P.S Just wondering...the final picture with the medal? Should I attempt a little jump in the air or is that a bit too much?....
