Independent - 10 April 2008, 02:00 (+ 5879 days 6 hours and 47 minutes) Earth
They said the jogging boom wouldn't last. Then along came the London Marathon and everyone, it seemed, was donning trainers and pounding the pavements. A phenomenon turned into a way of life. This Sunday's London Marathon will be the 28th, a sobering thought for those of us old enough to have run the first, as I did, back in 1981. It's the usual sell-out, with 34,000 lining up at the start, but I won't put putting in an appearance, I'm afraid. Instead, like increasing numbers of people, I'll be out on my bike, getting my endorphin rush that way.