As I wheezed and puffed for breath I still managed to stagger forwards. Athletic sprinters whizzed past me as if they were super human! I couldn't believe how stupid I had been... Why enter a marathon when you can't even sprint a mile?!. Still though I managed to draw energy from somewhere and jog forwards a couple of paces.

However, I had pushed myself too hard! My knees buckled and in a blink of an eye I had toppled over. The last thing I saw were beads of sweat upon my nose.