Yesterday was London Marathon day so I jumped out of bed early (and hungover) to watch all the action on the tellybox. During the half hour or so of build-up the BBC showed before any actual running got underway I found myself getting quite emotional at people’s stories about why they were running.

Once the women’s race got underway, all this was forgotten though as an epic battle between a British runner (Mara Yamauchi) and a German got underway. Shock and horror, there’s a British woman doing quite well who isn’t Paula Radcliffe.

Anyway, as I’m sure you know, Mara came a noble second. At this point I was exhausted from watching so much running so went back to bed for a little nap. A couple of hours later I woke up and headed into town to watch the back of the pack runners pass the 26-mile mark.

I’d never seen the London Marathon in real life before and it was pretty spectacular. The emotion I felt just watching people get to the point where they know they’re going to be able to finish reaffirmed in me the fact that i do want to do a marathon. Maybe not today, or this year – but soon.

So today the ballot for the London Marathon 2010 has opened and the website has crashed under the demand to register. Later today or tomorrow I plan to log on and register for a place before the easy part starts – the waiting until September to see if I’ve got a place.

With a 1 in 4 chance of getting a race number for the big event next April, I’m not hugely optimistic – so I might start looking at other places.