While I was stranded in Dusseldorf, as mentioned in my previous post, I also failed to update this blog for four days.
During that time, the number of visitors to onefatman actually went up.
I can only conclude that the less I say, the more you want to read it.
If I fail to finish the London Marathon I’m going to blame it on the Germans.
I spent three days stranded in Dusseldorf this week, as foggy conditions meant all flights back to London were grounded, and if there is one place in the world you don’t want to be stuck, it is Dusseldorf. It’s a bit like a big skateboard park but without any skateboards or park.
As a result I went four whole days without training, as I was without running gear. It was only today that normal plodding and wheezing was resumed.
So any blame for me failing to complete the marathon will lie firmly with the Germans.
Actually that is a little harsh. I may just have gone four days without training for the first time since early January, but prior to that I hadn’t run four times in as many years. Also the reason that no planes were flying from Dusseldorf to the UK was because Heathrow was fog bound, which I suppose wasn’t really the fault of our continental cousins.
OK so maybe the blame for my failure to train for four days, lies closer to home, and should be shouldered by our air traffic controllers or weather men or perhaps Gordon Brown, but I just want to stress that if I do fail to complete the marathon, the fault is in no way mine.
