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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Emma Loffhagen

London Marathon: 10 things I wish I'd known before signing up – and what you need to do to survive the run

I cast my mind back to when I had consumed more pasta in a week than in the rest of my life combined as I sat with two ice packs tied to my feet and a great big piece of metal hanging around my neck. That’s right: I’d completed the London Marathon.

The big race is upon us again on Sunday as over 50,000 people get set to run, sprint, jog, shuffle, or all of the above through the capital.

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