 I'm freezing freezing cold and I've got a headache. I've got unbelievably bad chafing. I can hardly walk let alone run He's got to be doing the Thames path hasn't he? He's got to be Welcome to film my run my name is Stephen Cousins We are on the banks of the River Thames in London in Richmond to be precise for the Thames path 100 It's another centurion event. You know, I've done many of this centurion events before But I've never done this one and I've never done a flat 100 miler and I'm a bit nervous about it to go. It's giving me hills any day of the week We're traveling from here in Richmond out of London past Windsor, Windsor Castle and runny mead as well and through Redding and then all the way to Oxford and Hopefully will be in Oxford sometimes tomorrow morning. So let's see how we go It's 99.9 miles to go now So about two and a half miles in this is Teddington Lock One hour 20 in about 12 kilometers done and we're just passing Campton Court Palace Ten miles into the Thames path 100 One hour 51 minutes Hello Nick Alright keeping steady Taking all the advice to not go off too fast The hours run Over 20 miles in now Three hours 55 minutes And then we're not far from the next aid station this is Thames So second aid station just under 36 kilometers I've got chocolate, I've got grapes, got some sandwiches Gonna walk out the next five minutes Thank you very much guys See you later Castle up ahead there look Here we are at 45 kilometers in Windsor Five hours 27 28 minutes There's Windsor Castle over there look What's your name? Stuart Stuart And so this is your second attempt Second attempt Beautiful isn't it Lovely day Not too hot Gorgeous scenery Flat as a pancake 49 and a bit kilometers at six hours just under six hours Six hours 54 minutes 56 and a half kilometers And this bridge was designed by Isenbide Kingdom Plale We're in Maidenhead now Derrick Road Derrick Road Brilliant I'm very sorry if you live in Derrick Road Here we are in Cookham at around 38 miles Seven hours 37 minutes This church here is the 11th century Holy Trinity Church at Cookham So we're about 40 miles in now I'm feeling tired now I've been trying to keep up this I've been trying to keep up this five miles an hour pace I've managed to ride till now but I'm starting to hurt now It's been raining quite hard Eight and a half hours 69 kilometers This is the Elizabeth Hurley aid station Not far from Henley Hurley, Henley, Marlowe, I don't know where we are Yeah, that'll do So this is Henley 50 miles to go So the last time I was here It was about three or four years ago I did the tennis trot which goes from Oxford to Henley's 50 miles The finish is just there Cheers Hello there How are you? I'm starting to suffer now Getting darker now 91 kilometers done in 11 hours and 12 minutes So this is Reading aid station And it's now 12 hours Just under 12 hours since we started the race Reading is 58 miles We've got lovely Zoe here looking after us But I'm going to stay here a while because I'm now No he's not Shattered Not ages Not ages Can't win, can I? I just want a bit of a rest and I'm getting kicked out Reading aid station on the Thames Park 100 To fill my run I'm not Steve Cousins He's over there Resting and getting some food Up the aid station It's a very, very flat course Very flat And crying out for some hills It's horrible Climbing up the hill now 105 kilometers in Slowed to a real crawl So tired Thames path has beaten us this time I think So Daniel and I are still suffering We left the last aid station nine miles ago With dicky tummies and just feeling like Crap really And looking like crap And it hasn't really We've had periods where we've ran a bit And it's been okay But then We kind of started to feel bad again So we're both going through the same thing really So it's good to stick together So this is streetly aid station at 29 miles to go Because there's somebody who lives upstairs now I would rather have Hills And 150 miles Than flat 100 This is killing me I am at Wallingford Wallingford at 70 77 and a half 77 and a half miles Got 7 and a half miles to go To the next aid station Then it's 5 miles and 5 miles 19 hours and 15 minutes I think that's me done I think when we get to the next aid station I have to call it a day Only 15 miles to go But I can hardly walk let alone run I've got unbelievably bad chafing I've got a headache I'm freezing freezing cold And it's just not gone my way today My decision is in two kilometers I'm going to DNF The 10 is 5 for 100 This is a very sad sweep of us That takes everybody back Who's DNF'd Plex people on the way And takes them back to the end I've had taken this once before In a previous race So I do know what it's like So that's it from a DNF At the Thames Path 100 Wasn't planned I promise you But these things happen It's only running isn't it It's only running And we'll be back again To do it one day I guess So Richard Of course he finished Well it's about time isn't it 18, 15, 32 In 15th place for Richard So well done to Richard Ian Hammett won it And Debbie Martin Cossiney Came first for the ladies So well done to everyone Take care See you again for another film I run Bye Z, bye