London marathon 2019: the day I became a world record holder ...

I've had some amazing days in my running career (for want of a better word). The Wings for Life world run in 2015 . The sheer fun of beaming my way round Tokyo marathon in 2017. Finally breaking three in Seville last year . But running as a panda might just top them all. From the surreal moments in the Guinness World Record tent - chatting with a mummy, lending duct tape to a post box, helping my friends assemble a sausage dog - the day just got better and better. Usually the first few miles of London marathon are pretty quiet but within minutes my friend Tim had popped up by the side of the road and the cries of "Go panda!" had started. If I had a pound for every time I heard that yesterday, I'd be the world first panda millionaire. All marathons are journeys, both literally and emotionally - there's just so much time for your thoughts to bounce between excitement and despair and back again. And though the race unfolds over hours, I find it takes