Carbohydrate loading on pizza at Castelli's on the Friday night.
Fitting the electronic timing chips to the shoes - quick a tricky procedure to get it comfortable.
Checking out the timing splits required to go under 3 hours - for each and every of the 42 km.
Us at about 4:45 am the Sunday morning of the race.
Us at the race venue, about 40 minutes before the start of our race.
Start of the Gold Coast 2005 Marathon, with the elite international runners at the front of the field.
Me at the 26 km mark, when the pain and nausea starts to set in.
The professional photo of me all alone at the 26 km mark on the bridge. The blue bracelet is for the sub 3 hr pace group, which I was ahead of at that stage, but who caught me up, and eventually overtook me. Luckily they were running about 2 or 3 minutes under sub 3 hr pace so I had a little margin. The time at bottom right is my net time.
Nige at the 26 km mark, looking strong and comfortable.
Andrew at the 26 km, looking far too comfortable for a marathon.
The whole team after the race, with everyone successfully finishing their race.
Letter from the staff of the Gold Coast Airport Marathon about this website. They gave each of us a free shirt and visor!
Video of me finishing, very slowly, very painfully, the race.