In 2006 who ran most of the London Marathon without realising how far it was?

sunny_mel

Jade Goody?? Jan 30 07, 8:44 AM

malcy

Thanks, sunny-me, you're right. Jan 30 07, 9:03 AM

skysmom65

Running for charity Goody signed up for the 2006 London Marathon. She did not finish the course, collapsing after 34 km (21 miles) of the 42.195 km (26.2 miles) and was taken to The Royal London Hospital to recover overnight. The Sun newspaper reported that the final action of the "panic-stricken" Goody was shouting "I'm dying, I'm dying".[4] Before the race, Goody described her preparations to TV chef, Gordon Ramsay (who completed the course), "I've been eating curry and chinese and drinking." Afterwards, she explained why she could not finish the race: "I don't really understand miles. I didn't actually know how far it was going to be. I'll be honest, I didn't take it seriously which is really bad of me because there's people out there who actually want to do the marathon. I didn't realise how much commitment the marathon was. I had four training sessions, that's all I did. At most I could run half an hour on a treadmill." Goody raised around £850 for her selected charity, the NSPCC.[citation needed] http://www.answers.com/Jade%20Goody Jan 30 07, 10:13 AM