Day 5 complete - Hello Stratford!

Sorry for the late post about day 5 but after finishing I've spent some time with the family as its been several days since I last saw them.

Today was surprisingly good considering it was the 5th marathon and I completed it in 4hrs 45mins, that's right 4hrs 45mins.

Now I put this down to a number of reasons:
1) I ate a lot the night before (see photo below)
2) I had a massage
3) I had a great full English breakfast
4) I had the company of a friend throughout the day
5) the weather was cooler
6) I was going to see my family

Whatever the reason I felt alright and the miles seemed to pass without too much thought.

I woke in the morning after a great night sleep at the Gate House in Middleton Cheney and thanks to the wonderful hospitality of Debbie (thats Debbie in the photo) I polished of a full English, 2 slices of toast and jam and a pot of tea.

This set me up nicely and with Andrew arriving just after 9, I had enough time to do my last minute preparations (Vaseline up) and was ready to hit the road.

The route was straight forward which I was quite please about as Andrew had told me he got lost cycling the 3 miles from Banbury to Middleton Cheney!

We passed through some beautiful little villages as we talked and reminisced about our lands end to John O groats experience some 2 years ago which was where we met.

Along with some photos Andrew filmed some of the run so look out for that in future blogs or on you tube!

It was such a great feeling as we arrived in Stratford and although I am proud of what I have achieved I also know that the job isn't done yet!

And so we reach the climax of the challenge tomorrow as I take on the Shakespeare Marathon, the final 26.2 miles!