Breakfast at the hotel was great! Barry and Marc started early from Marines heading towards Neuf-MarchĂ©. Unfortunately, shortly after the 1st Check Point Marc literally run into problems with his calve. Abbey came for help but couldn’t do much but cooling and giving some pain killers. Eventually, Marc had to give up đ Luckily, Aaron … more
The Start Abbey’s school kids have prepared some motivational pictures for Barry and every runner. So, we did an official hand-over right before the start. We then took off for the start in the direction of the “Gardens of Colombes”. Half way there, Barry decided to start running before all of us would get totally … more
It was raining cats and dogs when we got up. Nevertheless, Barry and David started at 7:33 at a Police Station in Colombes – it was just to wet for the supporters to go to the Garden of Colombes. We have just arrived at the crossing that’s marking the first check point having a Caffe … more
Abbey, Aaron, Barry and Kirsten have already left London early this morning driving their vans through the tunnel to Paris. David will fly to Paris and I am just about to leave for the airport, too. Very excited now!