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  I won at the London Marathon 2004
Updated 19 April 2004, 08.58
Mickey with his trophy
13-year-old Mickey competed in the London Wheelchair Marathon 2004 and won in his age group.

In his report he tells us just how tough it was in the wind and rain.

"I competed in this year's London Adidas Mini Wheelchair Marathon representing Birchfield Harriers.

As I was waiting for the start of my race, I had the chance to meet Martin Johnson the England rugby captain.

That was fantastic; he is even bigger in real life than he is on TV.

Rain stopped

It was raining just before the start of my race, but I hardly noticed it as my heart was racing.

Luckily the rain stopped as we set off, but I had a little trouble with the wind going through Southwark tunnel.

It was a head wind, and as I am so light it was a hard push through the tunnel so I lost a bit of time going through there.

Like a plane

I could hear the crowds cheering even before I came out of the tunnel, it sounded like a plane taking off, it was really loud!

But it gave me a real boost. The wind eased a bit, and it got easier to push.

Sprint for the line

When I rounded the corner into the mall I could see the finish line in the distance, I thought: 'AT LAST'!

So I sprinted the hardest I could all the way to the finish line.

The crowds were fantastic, they cheered and shouted me all the way to the end.

Second marathon

When I crossed the line they gave me my medal and told me that I was the winner of the 11-13 boys!

This was my second year of competing in the mini marathon.

Last year I won the 11-13 year boys category and came 7th overall.

This year I also won the 11-13 year boys category and came 6th overall.

Move up

Even though the course was wet and a bit windy I was very happy not only to have finished but also to win my age group again.

This year is the last time that I compete in the 11-13 boys, because next year I will move up to the 14-17 boys category.

New race chair

I am very grateful to The Lady Taverners and The Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Community Fund for jointly paying for a brand new race chair for me as I had been sharing my coach's chair up until then.

As a thank you I collected sponsors to raise money towards The Lady Taverner Charities and so far I've managed to raise over £2,300.

All in all, win or lose, I had a fantastic time, and can't wait until next year!"

Mickey, 13, Telford


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