Life after London

To everyone who didn’t get a place through the London Marathon ballot: I ran London last year, was cheered the whole way and got the medal; it’s nice to say I’ve run it, but for me, it wasn’t the greatest show on earth. I recently ran the Loch Rannoch Marathon. I parked in a field, free of charge. Registration was in the local town hall. The crowds were sparse, but I ran among the mountains of Scotland, and I enjoyed every one of those 26.2 miles. Bobby Wotherspoon, North Lanarkshire