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there's a yacht out there the only one we saw all day and we thought we were mad!!

update Saturday 2.30pm!! think I've now identified everyone who's mailed me or posted in the Forum so I think we're done for another 100 years ;-)

update Monday 10.30pm!! that's everyone I recognise named and over 700 photos of runners I don't know but who may be Fetchies, Forumites or Pirates. Let me know if you are on the pages of unknown runners and I'll move you so you're amongst friends!

update Monday 4.45pm! PSC Danny K Tiny Tia Tortoise2 an unknown Fetchie AJH FB Ferrett Anna Finn Moore06 all added plus many more people who need to be named!

update Monday 1pm! Ricardo added

update Monday 12.30pm! Steve X john n trin added plus 2 more at Fetchpoint plus LOTS of runners I don't know

update Monday 10am! Mozzy GingerBreadMan Bosun Tony added plus 86 runners I don't know

update Monday 1.15am!! Gone to bed . .

update Monday 1am! First Photos of Runners I know and of those I don't know added . .

update Sunday 11pm! Photos of Fetchpoint before the runners arrived added . .

update Sunday 10pm! a Tale of Hastings Fetchpoint added . .

Most of us, certainly of my age, have long known what happened in Hastings back in 1066, when perhaps the phrase "one in the eye" was born! But how many of us, even the runners amongst us, knew what happened there in 1908?

It seems that after the intriguing Olympic Marathon from Windsor Castle to the stadium at White City, there was an upsurge of interest in distance racing, and so it was decided to have a similar race in Hastings and St. Leonards in December of that year.

When you're in the 25th mile, and looking forward to finishing, just think that if you'd been running 100 years ago you'd have almost finished, as the 1908 race was *only* 25 miles, whereas we are all accustomed to running the now familiar 26 miles 385 yards that had of course been raced for the first time during the Olympic Games earlier in the year.

None of us will be around for the 2108 edition of this event, so let's enjoy this one whilst we can :-)