Outer Banks Marathon

Sunday will be my first true road marathon in three years. It has also been three decades since I was last in North Carolina's Outer Banks, where the Wright brothers took mankind's first flight.


Tomorrow morning I am scheduled to speak at the runners' expo. Then at 7:20am on Sunday, the marathon gets underway. I feel good, despite a sore hamstring which I managed to tie in knots two weeks ago in Suffolk. The weather is forecast to be perfect. I only need to get to the finish line in a reasonable time to qualify for the 2013 Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Things feel good - very relaxed and enjoying the trip.