http://www.dave-smith.co.uk/life/flm-2009 I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dave-smith.co.uk/life/flm-2009/comment-page-1#comment-173 Lara Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:04:59 +0000 http://www.dave-smith.co.uk/?p=103310#comment-173 I concur. It would be a shame to do it, be disappointed at your time (albeit for good enough reason), and possibly risk a longer complete recovery. If you're that keen on a 2009 marathon, there are plenty of lower-prestige (and cheaper!) events throughout the rest of the year which you could practice on, and then take the deferred place in London in 2010, knowing that you can get the time you deserve to get. I concur. It would be a shame to do it, be disappointed at your time (albeit for good enough reason), and possibly risk a longer complete recovery. If you’re that keen on a 2009 marathon, there are plenty of lower-prestige (and cheaper!) events throughout the rest of the year which you could practice on, and then take the deferred place in London in 2010, knowing that you can get the time you deserve to get.

]]> http://www.dave-smith.co.uk/life/flm-2009/comment-page-1#comment-172 Mike Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:42:16 +0000 http://www.dave-smith.co.uk/?p=103310#comment-172 tricky decision, but given that it's been an ambition for so long, would you not rather wait, so that you can run it and definitely get round ... and get a time you can be proud of? tricky decision, but given that it’s been an ambition for so long, would you not rather wait, so that you can run it and definitely get round … and get a time you can be proud of?

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