Dan set up camp on Saturday in the sunshine, cheering on the runners in the marathon and getting social with some of the other White Star regulars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sunday – 8am\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s chucking down the proverbial cats and dogs as Dan lined up for the off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI felt rough, my throat was on fire\u201d\u00a0said Dan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But despite this he set off out into the wind and rain, clocking the 5th fastest lap of the whole race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The course was peppered with the usual White Star Running craziness, with plenty of fancy dress and silly signs.<\/p>\n Dans sore throat made it hard for him to refuel at times. After running enough 3.2 mile laps to make the marathon distance, he had a bit of a break to get some food in, hoping that the rain would stop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c\u201cIt was awful on the course. An absolute quagmire. I was soaked cold. I didn\u2019t take shoes with any grip, which was a schoolboy error. It was hard going underfoot\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But despite the challenges he faced he stuck it out, going round and round, getting wetter and wetter and colder and colder. Even an unscheduled break at 33 miles to repeg his tent to stop it blowing away didn\u2019t deter Dan from his mission to just keep putting one foot in front of the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 11 hours and 4 minutes, 17 laps and 56.2 miles later he was finished. Cold, wet and exhausted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/isleofwightroadrunners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AD7827BF-2C52-484B-9215-E38859CED44A.jpeg\")
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