Saturday morning, I was already packed, checked and double checked I had my number, chip and trainers plus all my other gear.

Today the whole family was coming to London and as we set off the nerves were setting in.

We stayed in a flat at Butlers Wharf which over looks Tower Bridge, I was now in full blown nerves but also quite excited to be here after the long months of training.

Macmillan had invited all runners to a Pasta Party so James took the girls to dinner, Pizza:-) and I set off in a taxi to find my party.

Macmillan did put on a good evening, the food, several different pasta dishes :-) garlic bread, salads and soft drinks were delicious.

A few pep talks from guest speakers one being Howard Ebison from The Apprentice, I’m not sure anyone knew who he was and uncharacteristically I went to ask for a photo and had a good chat. He was actually very nice and didn’t come across anything like he did on the TV show but then that’s TV for you.

I met Lisa and Claire, Lisa was running the Marathon and her friend Claire was here as her support, they were lovely and we swapped stories of our training and families.  Peter got a little lost but made it in time for dinner,  I had a great evening. We all walked to get a train back and I decided actually it’s not that far home all I had to do was walk over Tower Bridge so saying farewell and good luck I left them.

As I walked over Tower Bridge the barriers were all in place and mile markers, this is it, tomorrow I’ll be running over here, half way point!!

So off to bed with dreams of the finishing line.

Until tomorrow …

Lisa, me and Peter