Another admission; this photo was staged. I was home alone when the postman delivered our envelopes containing the outcome of our Virgin London Marathon applications. I think it was the first week in October. It was clear from the outside of the envelopes that the contents were very similar but not exactly the same. One envelope (mine) said “You’re In” the other (Liz’s) said “Charity Places Still Available”. I opened my envelope to read confirmation that it was true, I had been offered a place and phoned Liz with the mixed news. She was very pleased for me and somewhat relieved that her application had not been successful. I left her envelope unopened as I read the contents of mine with some trepidation.
Neither of us actually felt ready for a 2010 marathon; we’d only applied through the ballot because we’d read that eventually they give you a place if you’ve applied unsuccessfully a number of times. We just wanted to start that process. Having been lucky enough to be offered a place I didn’t feel I could turn it down to wait for a better time or for a year when we could both run.
The magazines sent to both those offered a place through the ballot and those who weren’t offered a place were almost identical. The difference being that all the ads and articles in the “successful” mag start “Congratulations ….” and the ones in the “unsuccessful” mag start “Tough luck loser ……”.
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