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| From Olympic Marathon |
Jonathan was over in the UK for a short vacation and wanted to experience the Olympics at first hand, so we decided to head into town to watch the men's marathon, one of the few non-ticketed events in the games. Our plan was ot watch the start on the big TV screen at City Hall ten walk over Tower Bridge to watch the runners loop around the course at the Tower of London. In the event, the TV screen was not showing the live feed so we gave that a miss and headed over to join the crowds at the Tower, where we were able to watch the runners going past for the first of their three laps. As usual for a British crowd, the loudest cheers were for the more challenged runners at the back of the pack.
We gradually worked our way along the course, ending up at St Paul's Cathedral for the third lap. By this stage the pack was much more strung out, and it was difficult to tell what was actually happening in the race. Generally, one tends to get a much better view of any sport from the TV feed rather than watching live, but we did at least get to experience the atmosphere by being there.
We gradually worked our way along the course, ending up at St Paul's Cathedral for the third lap. By this stage the pack was much more strung out, and it was difficult to tell what was actually happening in the race. Generally, one tends to get a much better view of any sport from the TV feed rather than watching live, but we did at least get to experience the atmosphere by being there.
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